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EAP921/6/3/26
- Record Id:
- 040-004072134
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004072028
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139973010.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/6/3/26
- Title:
- মার্কণ্ডেয়পুরাণ-এর দেবী মাহাত্ম্য (শ্রীচন্ডী) ভাষ্য সহ
- Additional Titles:
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Devīmāhātmya (Śrīcaṇḍī) of Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa with commentary
- Scope & Content:
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Devīmāhātmya or Saptaśatī Caṇḍī is a famous puranic text and is a part of Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. This text is devoted to the legends and eulogy of Goddess Durgā. The text contains a commentary. The manuscript is laminated. Therefore, the readings are often illegible. A later recent hand gives the colophonic information of the manuscript. However, there is no colophon found. The information given here is according the this later source; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete MS. No colophon found; Date of copying: Bengali Era 1269, 1863 CE, Śaka 1784.
Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Cuncura Bartabaha is one of the rarest collections of the library.
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 67 folios.
Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 40X9 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar.
Author(s) of original material: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedayāsa (according to the tradition).
Scribe of original material: Ambikācaraṇa Bhaṭṭācārya (owner?).
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004072028
036-004072108
040-004072134 - Is part of:
- EAP921/6 : The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
EAP921/6/3 : Manuscripts from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar
EAP921/6/3/26 : মার্কণ্ডেয়পুরাণ-এর দেবী মাহাত্ম্য (শ্রীচন্ডী)… - Hierarchy:
- 032-004072028[0003]/036-004072108[0026]/040-004072134
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/6
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 135 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-6-3-26
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Sanskrit
- Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th 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 40X9 cm.
- Arrangement:
- Folios bound by a string.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)