India Manuscripts and Paintings

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Indie manuscripts and paintings, the Library of Congress ...

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fIndiemanuscriptsandpaint-

UnitedStatesr evealsforthe

amplesofmostof thenumerous

scriptmaterials,andformsfoundin

n,Siam,Java,Sumatra,the

China,andtheMalayPeninsula.

rebeautifullyillustrated.

gthesearethePrakritmanuscripts

ntbytheHeeramaneckGalleriesof

ormanB rown, andMr. obert

resscollection,whichincludes

canonandits commentariesin

te tsareshown.

hibitionaretheUniversityof

yde,MissLucyStarr,Prof.

ndDr. Wm. H. ield.

gsfromIndia,lentby the

,affordsanacquaintancewiththe

putschoolsofpainting.

he Jainmanuscriptsare

sofJainsaviours,theluckydreams

uring themiraculousentrance

oherwomb,andfinallythe

ahavira,toTrisalaby amessenger

d incase5,section7.

ulpaintingofthefifteenthcentury

sfeaturedin case1,section1.

naofaJain saviour,forwhomafter

mentthegodspreparedajewelled

ewhereheandthreeduplicatesof

ngthefour cardinalpointsand

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uns.Inthelowercomersisthe

monkandthegodIndraadoring

eeramaneckGalleries.

rsan eighteenthcenturyJain

universeoncloth.Inthe

pafromwhichstemstheearth.

criversdividingthe variousparts

Thishasbeenpresentedto the

eramaneck.

tosectionslistingthe following

cripts,manuscriptsinthemodern

scripts,Prakritmanuscripts,

sofGreaterIndia,and Rajput

manuscriptsis alphabetical

natitleis lacking.A ttheend

dicationoflocationa referenceis

ftheitemin A CensusofIndie

StatesandCanada,byH oraceI.

ein.Thisworkisdesignatedby

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U S CR I PT S

ondailyH indurites, writteninthe

ves.DatedSaka1744(1822

ersityofPennsylvania.C.3047.

arayanaB hatta, atreatiseonthe

ual,writteninthe Devanagarl

wasmadeat Benaresin1535

tertheauthor sdeath. Itisthe

e istence.LentbytheUni-

.3007.Case6,section8. 2

writtenintheDevanagarlscripton

reatisebythemostfamousnative

livedabout400B.C,and his

eenequalleduntilthe develop-

nthepast centurybeganto

thhis. LentbytheUniversity

Case1,section4. 3

a,writtenintheDevanagarlscripton

he eighthcenturyA .D.and

nduauthorityontheV edanta

iversityofPennsylvania.

. 4

ntheDevanagarlscripton paper.

00yearsold andisinthe form

gcontaining25coloredillustra-

f painting.Thecalligraphyis

yreadinspite ofitsminuteness.

eld. C. 1292. Case6, section6. 5

semendra,writtenintheDevanagarl

mentaryintheN epaliscript

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entbytheUniversityofPenn-

sec tion6. 6

uddhistSutra,writtenintheN epali

er.Thewoodcoversareencased

fivecoloredminiaturesin the

obertGarrett.C.5458.Case

induphilosophicalte twrittenin

r.Lentby theUniversityof

se6,section3. 8

adra,writtenintheDevanagari

teH induastrologicaltreatise.

ennsylvania.C.5030.Case

eninthe Devanagariscriptonpaper.

ptonthesubjectofthebuilding

ntbytheUniversityofPenn-

sec tion2. 10

Sanivat1684(1627A .D.)inthe

r.Itbearsthe signaturesofthe

period,withthe sealofthe

udgement.Lentbythe

a.C.5471.Case6,section2.

enintheDevanagariscripton

algebraandgeometryofabout

niversityofPennsylvania.

. 12

rti fromtheSantiparvan,written

paper.Dated Samvat1859

miniatureonfolio1verso. rom

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CollectionattheLibraryof

sec tion6. 13

Mahabharata,writtenintheDevana-

mtheJohnDavisBatchelder

Congress.C.928.Case6,

Mahabharata,writtenintheSarada

scriptisin bookformandis

ithparchment.Itcontains35

byProf . ranklin dgerton.

15

ahabharatawithaH indicom-

vanagarlscriptonpaper.


orthe1, 000namesofV ishnufromthe

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8 17

eDevanagarlscript+ miscella-

e aithiscript.Lentbythe

a.C.1876.Case6,section

itthaladiksita,writteninthe

r.Thisisa treatiseonarchi-

rsityofPennsylvania.C.

19

rtionof,written intheDevana-

ollformwiththete tandf ive

guouscircles.LentbyMr.

ase6,section6. 20

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inityGanesafrom thePadma-

Sasaluisrandman.LentbytheUni-

.1096.Case6,section3. 21

thehandwithitsfull descriptionon

mistry.Writteninthe Devana-

io.LentbytheUniversityof

se6,section1. 22

withdescriptions.Lentbythe


ahayana,Buddhistscripture,

ptonpalmleaves.Thisis an

utifullyillustratedmanuscript.

ckGalleriesofNew orkC ity .

ha,writtenintheGranthascripton

hesraddhakandaportion

moniesinhonorofdeceased

versityofPennsylvania.C.

25

naBhatta,writtenintheDevana-

samedievalH induritualistic

ssi teenthc entury Indianauthor-

ism.LentbytheUniversityof

se6,section8. 26

esvara,writtenintheDevanagarl

edicalte t,dealingchiefly

ertiesofmercury.Thiscopyis

theUniversityofPennsyl-

ection4. 27

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vanagarlscriptonpaper.Thisis

the A ryansofIndia.Itwas

00B.C,althoughsome ofits

yas 1600B.C.Thiscopywas

bythe UniversityofPennsyl-

ton7. 28

ninthe Devanagarlscriptonpaper.

nduphilosophicalte tisdated

.),andcomprisestheGopdlasahas-

arasamvadasection.Itcontains

romtheJolmDavisBatchelder

Congress.C.4653.Case6,

sdbySayana,writtenintheDe-

hisis acommentaryonthe

yara^yaka. L entbytheUniversity

ase6,section7. 30

,writteninthe Devanagarlscripton

narcalendar.Lentbythe


ra,writtenintheDevanagarl

mentaryonthegrammatical

uiekharabyNagesa(Nagojl)B hatta.

ithyellowfloraldecorationsand

esaandattendantsaccompany

eUniversityofPennsylvania.

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nintheDevanagariscriptonpaper.

turesinthe manuscript.Lent

ylvania.C.6114.Case5,

romSanskritintoTamilverseby

eninTamilscriptonpalmleaves

ntbytheUniversityofPenn-

sec tion2. 47

famouspoetSauda,partlyin

uandwrittenintheNasta llq

atedbook,boundinleather

redminiatures.LentbyMr.

Case4,section8. 48

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abyBuddhaghosa,writteninthe

aves.Thisisa commentaryon

aorpartthreeoftheBuddhist

ofCongresscollection.C.

49

tte t, writtenintheSinhalesesc ript

eaves.LentbyProf.W.W.

sec tion8. 50

tte twithpossiblythefollowing

jagatha.Itiswritteni nthe

ypaperinfolderformand con-

llustrationsofscenesofthe

LentbyMr.RobertGarrett.

. 51

Buddhistcanon,writteninthe

leaves,ofwhichfourare

,red,andblue. romthe

tion.Case2,section5. 52

sforBuddhistpriests,writtenin the

almleaves.Theinlayof the

oloredglassandsemi-precious

yofCongresscollection.C.

53

nintheBurmesesquarescript on

aves. romtheLibraryof

28.Case2,section4. 54

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nthe Burmesescriptonsilvered

LibraryofCongresscollections.

. 55

enintheBurmeseblockscripton

hdecoratedwoodcoversover

BatchelderCollectionatthe


ninthe Burmeseblockscriptonivory

manuscriptofitskindin

erswithinlaidandraisedcolored

onesaddtoits beauty. rom

lection.C.6335.Case2,

acd,writtenintheLaoscriptonpalm

ofCongressCollection.Case

heSuttapitaka,writtenintheBur-

s.A discourseoftheBuddha.

resscollection.C.6394.Case

ttapiiaka,oneofthethreepartsof

enintheCambodianscripton

braryofCongresscollection.

. 60

rittenintheLao scriptonpalm

andgildedwoodcovers,tying

ndwrappedinnativefabricof

nofclothovernarrowstripsof

foneof theB uddha se ist-

sthe Buddha.LentbyMr.

. Case3, sec tion5. 61

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eLaoscriptonpalmleaveswith

dcovers,tyingcord,andmark-

ativefabricof woven,varie-

narrowstrips ofbamboo.

partlyinPaliand partlyin

ertGarrett.Case3,section

CRIPTS

enintheDevanagariscriptin gold

fifteenthcentury,illustrated

he Jainhero,Master alaka.

mostbeautifulmanuscriptof

byProf.W.N ormanBrown.

3-4. 63

eDevanagariscriptonpaper.This

e tofthegreat religiousbook

eeramaneckGalleriesofN ew

e2, sec tion2. 64

eDevanagariscriptonpaper.

ntbytheH eeramaneckGal-

ty. C . 6770. Case3, sec tions1-2.

eDevanagariscriptonpaper.

ddatedSamvat1509(1452

ramanec kGalleriesofN ew ork

ec tion7. 66

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eDevanagarlscriptonpaper.One

tratedmanuscriptsinthe

amaneckGalleriesofNew ork

67

a,writtenintheDevanagarlscript

bytheH eeramaneckGal-

ty. C . 6771. Case3, sec tion4. 68

mgasvMa.)Oneofthesacredbooks

558(1501A .D.),andwritten

paper.The illustrationsare

LentbyMr.RobertGarrett.

. 69

A T R IN D IA

ttenintheBugisscript onpaper.

fleather. romtheLibrary


ttenin aBurmesecursivescripton

paper, tiedatthetop. romthe

tion.C.5542.Case1,section6.

tmanuscriptwiththeBurmese

ttenintheBurmesescriptonpalm

ofCongresscollection.C.5531.

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k-maja,writtenintheJavanesescript

scriptisabout150 yearsold.

resscollection.C.6204.Case

onherbs,writtenintheMalayo-

dinboards, half leather. rom

lection.C.6214.Case1,

s,writteninacursiveMongolian

illustrationsareof theBuddha

theLibraryofCongresscollec-

se2, sec tion7. 75

enintheSiameseand Cambodian

older form.N umerouscharts

ete t. romtheL ibraryof


feverandotherdiseases,written

paperin folderform.Itis

erestinganatomicaldiagrams.


writteninSiamesescriptonheavy

romtheLibraryofCongress

,section7. 78

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criptsconsistingofcharmsand

akscriptonbark infolder

arr.Case1,section7. 79

writtenintheTibetanscripton

andrareillustratedBuddhist

Garrett.C. 7243.Case1,

isdzi-wadangrgyas-paisbyin-

enhdon-gyirim-pamdorsdus-pa-

criptonpaper.This isa

ngforinsuring peacetothe

nthelinesis inaMongolian

ofCongresscollection.C.7247.

grubthabsmdorbsdushch ibdagsde

criptonpaper.This concerns

anceofthethreegods oflifeand

ofdeath. romtheL ibraryof


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wogopis(herd girls)andamonkey.

uyGujaratipainting. Case5,

bably inalovers quarrel. Si teenth

Case5,section6. 2

ovepassage.A nightscene,the

bedwithRadha. Heisc olored

oti andpeacockcrown. arly

ratipainting.Case4,section

mber.A ttherightoutsidethe

a vina.Seventeenthcentury

ec tion6. 4

eseatedona verandah,playing

under theinstructionoftwo

nturyRajputpainting.Case6,

ne,a femaleattendanttotheright

theleftaseatedattendantwho

ver.Late seventeenthcentury

5, sec tion5. 6

rsingonaterrace,agreentree to

rots.Lateseventeenthcentury

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forestat nighttoherlover.Late

ngrapainting.Case5,section

,theRamayaya. ama,Slta,and

nteenthcenturyPaharipainting.

onedonanelephant-skininthe

uryPaharipainting.Case4,

e,withmaleseatedonverandah

turyRajputpainting.Case5,

aboar shead, tramplingademon

whichisrepresentedacity.

aripainting.Case4,section

od rishna,divertingthecourse

shownagainat theupperright

whoisseated. ighteenth

ase4,section5. 13

fishhasslain Sankhasuraademon.

aripainting.Case1,section

bythe gods. romitwasob-

hrestoredvigor tothegods

yacurse.In thecenterV ishnu

neonMt.Mandara,whichis

stic k . Case1, section2. 15

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