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Illuminated excerpt of the Mahābhārata scroll [Please click twice to see the full scroll] — Illuminated excerpt of the Mahābhārata scr...

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.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures] — Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated minia...

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.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures] — Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated minia...

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.]

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Or Ms 510: Mahābhārata, illustrated manuscript scroll, 1795 C.E.

Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll, 1876 V.S. (1819-1820 C.E.)

Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll, undated [1876 V.S., 1819-1820 C.E.]

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