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81. EAP683/1/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/31
Title:
Lambodarāṣṭaka - Sana 1303, 18 Vaiśākha [May 1st, 1896]
Scope & Content:
Devotional text dedicated to the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa going by the name of Lambodara (the potbellied one); unknown commentary running above and below the root text. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 34 cm; 5 folios with newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers wri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
9 Tiff images

82. EAP683/1/1/74

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/74
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa pāñcālī - 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana [July 31, 1863]
Scope & Content:
Work dedicated to the veneration and celebration of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa in a manner seen widely across Bangladesh and often related to and/or parallel to Satyapīr literature, a kind of literature associated with the veneration of Muslim gurus (teachers) known as pīr. 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana (J...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
39 Tiff images

83. EAP683/1/1/73

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/73
Title:
Maṅgalacaṇḍī; Satyanārāyaṇa; Śanira pāñcālī - 9 Kārtika, [12]74 Sana [24 October, 1867]
Scope & Content:
There are three texts in the genre of Pāñcālī: Maṅgalacaṇḍīpāñcālī; Satyanārāyaṇapāñcālī, Sanirapāñcālī. These texts are used to promote the veneration and devotion to a deity or, in the case of regional Islam, a saint or holy man. Typically such texts are also employed for personal benefits ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
82 Tiff images

84. EAP683/1/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/16
Title:
Sītā uddhāra - Sana 1234, 15 Kartik [October 30 1827]
Scope & Content:
Section from Kṛttibāsa's Bengali version of the Rāmāyaṇa, the Laṇkā khaṇḍa; inspired by the original Sanskrit version. It that focuses on the figure of Sītā after the death of Rāvaṇa where she meets the demon's wife. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 14 x 40 cm; 18 folios. Num...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
38 Tiff images.

85. EAP683/1/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/17
Title:
Jagannāthavijaya - Sana 1259, 8 Bhādra, roj robibar bela derprahar [August 23 1852]
Scope & Content:
Story about Kṛṣṇa, his brother Balarāma, and Subhadrā and how the god Jagannātha came into being and was composed of these three Hindu deities. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 13 x 35 cm; 30 folios. Number written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: 1457. Author: Dv...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
61 Tiff images

86. EAP683/1/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/81
Title:
Mahābhārata - Sana 1197, Phālguna 15, [February 27, 1791] (f. 617v).
Scope & Content:
Complete text of this regional variant of the well known epic in Sanskrit and Bengali. Throughout the work, though rather sporadically, there are scribal doodles of animals, stylized human figures in various poses, as well as other decorative designs. The author Sañjaya is mentioned in notes acco...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1248 Tiff images

87. EAP683/1/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/29
Title:
Padāṅkadūta - Sana 1244, 4th of Caitra, 12 Maghi (full moon day) [March 18th, 1888]
Scope & Content:
Poem 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. 10 x 38 cm; 24 folios and ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1888
Extent:
50 Tiff images

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