Philosophical commentary by Bhavānanda on the Tattvacintāmaṇi by Gaṅgeśa as well as sections from the Harivaṃśa. Cotton and wood pulp paper; terrible condition; unbound. 15 x 43 cm; 100 folios; board cover. Number written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholar: 1762
Treatise on festivals along with other miscellaneous texts. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 49 cm; 5 folios. Some other secondary works included with manuscript as originally found in a local private family library. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Benga...
Manual that is a collection of rites and their associated rules and laws (dharma), especially those rites for overcoming mistakes and negative actions performed in daily life as well as during rituals, called prāyaścitta. Rites are especially focused on killing and include those performed for hav...
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 35; 8 folios. Notes and numbers...
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Unknown commentary notes are written in the margins to aid in discerning the hidden mean...
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 9 x 39 cm; 6 folios. Notes and numb...
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Unknown commentary notes are written in the margins to aid in discerning the hidden mean...
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Unknown commentary notes are written in the margins to aid in discerning the hidden mean...
Work of praise (stava) and devotion meant to be recited, but drawing on broad philosophical themes and attributed to the Hindu philosopher Śaṅkarācārya, but likely written by a follower of Advaita. The end of the Narasiṃhakavaca is found at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1r), suggesting that...
Love poetry or lyrics related to the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and his relationship with gopīs (cow-herder girls). Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 36 cm; 2 folios. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6191; Bhakti: 54