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51. EAP683/1/1/48

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/48
Title:
Vaiṣṇavagranthīyapatrāvalī
Scope & Content:
Work contains twelve different texts taken from a single family library and is a mixture of different genres: philosophical, ritual, devotional, poetic, astrological and more; contains, for example, a number of Vaiṣṇava devotional themes (some drawn from the Bhagavatapūrāṇa, others from devotio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
34 Tiff images

52. EAP683/1/1/55

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/55
Title:
Padāṅkadūtakāvya
Scope & Content:
Poem is written from the perspective of a gopī (cowherdess) who longs to be with Kṛṣṇa and encounters his footprint (padāṅka) which she treats as the messenger (dūta) of the god who will send her love and emotion to him. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 44 cm; 6 folios, wi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
13 Tiff images

53. EAP683/1/1/58

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/58
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
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 29 cm; 12 folios (f. 14-25); co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
26 Tiff images.

54. EAP683/1/1/59

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/59
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
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; moderate condition, unbound. 8 x 37 cm; 7 folios; cotton wra...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
15 Tiff images

55. EAP683/1/1/75

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/75
Title:
Vaśīkaraṇādiprayogaḥ
Scope & Content:
Kind of manual that is a collection of different sacred diagrams (yantras) and instructional tantras, with details about the performance of rites, rituals, and ceremonies intended to help gain control over people and to form different kinds of relationships with friends, husbands, kings, and othe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

56. EAP683/1/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/18
Title:
Kavacasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Collection of kavacas, a kind of sacred amulet in written form used in rites and rituals for preventing bad things from happening. There are about 15 different kavacas many of them drawings with protective mantras written inside along with instructions for performing rites and a list of ingredien...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff images

57. EAP683/1/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/39
Title:
Śītalāstotra
Scope & Content:
Text devoted to the praise of a Hindu goddess of disease and small pox named Śītalā; manuscript used for recitation in rites related to kavaca, a kind of protective amulet to help prevent illness. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 6 x 32 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

58. EAP683/1/1/51

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/51
Title:
Kāmākṣarī
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a collection of various kinds of devotional works for the purpose of worship, recitation, meditation, as well as to proclaim the greatness of the goddess Kāmākhyā; takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva and Durgā. Manuscript has some Arabic and an unidentified W...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
45 Tiff images

59. EAP683/1/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/8
Title:
Dolayātrā tattvam
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is divided into three parts. Part one is kind of manual of rules (dharma) about a festival associated with the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa; Part two is a set of purifying rituals; Part 3 is an astrological almanac or personal horoscope (pañjika) for a man named Rāma Pañcanana; includes diagrams at...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
53 Tiff images

60. EAP683/1/1/63

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/63
Title:
Cāṇakyaśloka [1874]
Scope & Content:
Collection of sayings or maxims for moral and spiritual guidance in daily life. Dated in code as śāke vedāṃka śailendu, which likely means: veda (4), aṃka (9), śaila (7) and indu (1) in the year of śaka 1794 (1874 A.D.) (f. 11v). Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 6 x 29 cm; 9 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
20 Tiff images

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