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Burnell 537

Record Id:
032-003436574
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Reference (shelfmark):
Burnell 537
Title:
Common Place book, Collection respecting the Popular Hindu Religions
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
foll.183
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Grantha
Start Date:
1864
End Date:
1864
Date Range:
1864
Era:
CE
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Burnell 537

Common Place book, Collection respecting the Popular Hindu Religions

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Author:

The Ms. contains only a limited amount; a statement of the 18 points of difference between the Vaḍakaḷai and Teṅkaḷai schools (fol. 19)'written down by Kuṭṭi Ayyaṅkar, a Tenkaḷai Brahman and Adhyāpaka Mirāsidar of the great Viṣṇu temple at Conjeveram. Conjeveram, Feb.19, 1867.'.

various notes on Śaivism (including Liṅga worship), some remarks on the Cārvākas (including a copy of Cowell's version of the first chapter of the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha (J.A.S.B.,xxxi.pp.375-382)), Nāya worship (foll. 90sq.) including an extract from Burton's 'Mission to the King of dahome' (2nd ed., vol. ii, p.148; vol.i, p.93), the ātman (fol.97).

The Cārvāka section is accompanied (foll.88,89) by extracts from (a)the Śivatatvaratnākara, IX.6, and (b)Adhyāya III of the Āsurakāṇḍa of the Śivarahasyakhaṇḍa of the Skānda(-Purāṇa), the former in Telugu, the latter in Grantha writing.

From neither work, however, is anything actually cited.

Title: Common Place book, Collection respecting the Popular Hindu Religions

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: foll.183
Dimensions (leaf): 18.7 × 22.2 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16 × 19 cm.

Condition

good

good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 62

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1864

Provenance and Acquisition

Burnell

India Office Library

Availability

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL Neg 3364

Bibliography