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EAP683/1/1/48
- Record Id:
- 040-003384756
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003384707
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049718113.0x000032
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 devotional Bengali works); there is one particular work with selections from the poetry of Kālidasa as well as the Māhābhārata and contains mantras celebrating Hari (Viṣṇu) and Durgā, and names some local Brahmins: Gaurīcaraṇa Śarmmaṇa, Bhavānīśaṃkara Bhaṭṭācaryya, and Abhayanātha Bhaṭṭācaryya, possibly former owners of that section or family members. There is also a protective work (kavaca) dedicated to Durgā); as well as numerous Tantric works (such as parts of Āgamas, selection from the Mahānirvānatantra, and more), charts and small diagrams with letters and numbers from a personal astrological almanac (pañjika). Cotton and wood pulp paper and machine made paper; poor condition, unbound. 12 x 40 cm; 17 folios. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6197
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- EAP683: Rāmamālā Library manuscript project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003384707
036-003384708
040-003384756 - Is part of:
- EAP683/1 : Rāmamālā Library manuscript project
EAP683/1/1 : Rāmamālā Library manuscripts
EAP683/1/1/48 : Vaiṣṇavagranthīyapatrāvalī - Hierarchy:
- 032-003384707[0001]/036-003384708[0048]/040-003384756
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP683/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 34 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP683-1-1-48
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bengali
Sanskrit - Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 23.455305
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 91.168523
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Former External References:
- RLMS-1636
- Information About Originals:
- The original manuscripts are all housed at the Ramamala library in Comilla, Bangladesh.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)