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EAP921/5/2/14
- Record Id:
- 040-004071844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004071811
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139972642.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/5/2/14
- Title:
- মহাভারত (সভাপর্ব্ব)
- Additional Titles:
-
Mahabharata (Sabhaparba)
- Scope & Content:
-
Seventeenth century Bangla translation of the Mahabharata. No other details about the manuscript are available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known.
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 59 folios.
Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 35X12 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Dr. Shyamal Bera.
Author(s) of original material: Kasirama Dasa.
Scribe of original material: Not known.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004071811
036-004071830
040-004071844 - 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
EAP921/5/2/14 : মহাভারত (সভাপর্ব্ব) - Hierarchy:
- 032-004071811[0002]/036-004071830[0014]/040-004071844
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 119 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-5-2-14
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bengali
- Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 35X12 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)