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![Or Ms 474: Mathematical Exercises, unpaginated [Please click twice to access a higher quality photograph]](https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEsha~4~4/330/0148143c.jpg)
Or Ms 474: Jagat-kautuk Kalpavali (The Wishfulfillment Vine of World-curiosities) Sanskrit Mathematical Exercises, c.1821 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 474
Scope and Contents
This is a printed compendium of mathematical puzzles in Sanskrit with monochrome illustrations. The title is given on the cover as "Juggut Coutook, Culpwallee." The format of the book is modelled on the metaphorical idea of kalpavali, the divine creeper in Sanskrit literature, that is associated with wish fulfillment.There are large blank areas on each page, most of which have been filled in with neatly handwritten English translations,...
Dates:
c.1821 C.E.
![Illuminated excerpt of the Mahābhārata scroll [Please click twice to see the full scroll]](https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEsha~4~4/492/0148505c.jpg)
Or Ms 510: Mahābhārata, illustrated manuscript scroll, 1795 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 510
Scope and Contents
A monumental epic (or perhaps more correctly a ‘chronicle’) dated as a text to about 400 BCE – 400 CE, the Mahābhārata consists of dramatic narrative and sermonising didactic on ethics and moral law (dharma) as played out in the lives of two groups of dynastic cousins who fought over control of Bhāratavarṣa, present day central north India. It is one of the two major epics of ancient India, the...
Dates:
1795 C.E.
![Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures]](https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEsha~4~4/330/0148283c.jpg)
Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll, 1876 V.S. (1819-1820 C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 674
Scope and Contents
A miniature illustrated scroll of the Bhagvadgita, from the Bhisma-parva of the Mahabharata, with 22 illuminations. inside round and ovular cartouches framed in gold, across the length of the scroll.The four illustrations that open the manuscript, appearing above the beginning of the text, are identical to those at the opening of Or Ms 675, a miniature illustrated scroll of the...
Dates:
1876 V.S. (1819-1820 C.E.)
![Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures]](https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEsha~4~4/330/0148261c.jpg)
Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll, undated [1876 V.S., 1819-1820 C.E.]
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Scope and Contents
A miniature illustrated scroll of the Devi-Mahatmya, also called Durga-patha and Candi, on the exploits of the goddess Durga (from the Markandeya-purana). It includes 19 illustrations, inside round and ovular cartouches framed in gold, across the length of the scroll.The four illustrations that open the manuscript, appearing above the beginning of...
Dates:
undated [1876 V.S., 1819-1820 C.E.]