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EAP683/1/1/81
- Record Id:
- 040-003384789
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003384707
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049718113.0x000053
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 accompanying the manuscript and in the manuscript itself (f. 101v); however Kavīndra is also mentioned (f. 181r) but may simply be a reference to the King of poets an be a reference to either Sañjaya or Vyāsa, author of the original Sanskrit epic rather than to the alternate Bengali epic by an author of that name. Images for folio 104 verso and folio 374 verso are missing. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 17 x 46 cm; 620 folios; wooden covers and supplementary notes. Owner of original material: Cuḍāmani Vanikya and Rāmaprasāda Vanikya. Author: Sañjaya. Scribe: Cuḍāmani Vanikya and Rāmaprasāda Vanikya.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- EAP683: Rāmamālā Library manuscript project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003384707
036-003384708
040-003384789 - Is part of:
- EAP683/1 : Rāmamālā Library manuscript project
EAP683/1/1 : Rāmamālā Library manuscripts
EAP683/1/1/81 : Mahābhārata - Sana 1197, Phālguna 15, [February 27, 1791] (f. 617v). - Hierarchy:
- 032-003384707[0001]/036-003384708[0081]/040-003384789
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP683/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1248 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP683-1-1-81
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bengali
Sanskrit - Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 1791
- End Date:
- 1791
- Date Range:
- 1791
- 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-8063
- 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)