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EAP921/5/2/9
- Record Id:
- 040-004071839
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004071811
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139972635.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/5/2/9
- Title:
- বিষ্ণু পুরাণ
- Additional Titles:
-
Visnupurana
- Scope & Content:
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Text from the puranas [Viṣṇupurāṇa]. This text was written for Bhajahari Maiti of Khandokhola village.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1267 [B. S.].
Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of Kolaghat Loksanskriti Gabeshana Kendra o Sangrahashala (Kolaghat Folk Culture Research Centre and Museum) and Dwija Harideva Sangrahashala o Gabeshana Kendra (Dwija Harideva Museum and Research Centre). He is running a Little Magazine on Folk Culture 'Samikshapatra Lokayat' since 2003. He has done many survey project on verious genre, mostly on Folk culture of rural Bengal. Present scanned collections (books, manuscripts and periodicals) have been collected by Shyamal Bera himself. He has generously allowed the archive team to get access to this material for digitization and as per the copyright rules and regulations.
Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded.
Calendar: Common Calendar.
Extent and format of original material: One Manuscript of 177 folios.
Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 39X14 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Dr. Shyamal Bera.
Author(s) of original material: Not Known.
Scribe of original material: Premcand Deba Sarma.
Additional date information: Probably after the 9th Century.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004071811
036-004071830
040-004071839 - Is part of:
- EAP921/5 : The private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
EAP921/5/2 : Manuscripts from the private collection of Dr Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul
EAP921/5/2/9 : বিষ্ণু পুরাণ - Hierarchy:
- 032-004071811[0002]/036-004071830[0009]/040-004071839
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 355 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-5-2-9 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Sanskrit
- Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 0899
- End Date:
- 0899
- Date Range:
- after 0899
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 39X14 cm.
- Arrangement:
- Folios bound by a string.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)