April 2020 - Royal Asiatic Society Online Collections

[RAS 015.099] Kali and worshippers

[RAS 015.099] ‘Kali with worshippers in a hall’ Part of an album of 80 paintings depicting religious subjects. By an…

[RAS 015.100] Durga in Procession

[RAS 015.100] ‘An image of the god Durga being carried in a procession Part of an album of 80 paintings…

[RAS 018.001] Akbar’s tomb

[RAS 018.001] ‘The gateway of Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra’ Agra or Delhi, ca. 1815. From the collection of James Baillie…

[RAS 018.009] Pietra dura decoration from a Mughal building

[RAS 018.009] ‘Copy of pietra dura decoration from a Mughal building’ Agra or Delhi, ca. 1815. From the collection of…

[RAS 021.001] Temple of Jagannath, Puri, Orissa

Elevation of the Temple of Jagannath, Puri, Orissa. Work of an unidentified Indian artist, ca. 1820. Inscribed on the front…

[RAS 037.004ii] Palace of Ranee Bheem and Pudmundi in Cheetor

‘Palace of Ranee Bheem and Pudmundi in Cheetor’ (Chitor, Udaipur State) Proof engraving after original by Patrick Waugh. From the…

[RAS 037.005i] Interior view in Cheetor

An interior view in Cheetor with the column of victory Engraving after original by Patrick Waugh. From the collection of…

[RAS 037.005] Interior view in Cheetor

An interior view in Cheetor with the column of victory By Patrick Waugh. From the collection of Colonel James Tod….

[RAS 037.021] Citadel of the hill fortress of Komulmer

Citadel of the hill fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State ca. 1820. By Patrick Waugh. Inscribed on front in pencil:…

[RAS 037.022] Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. By Patrick Waugh. From the collection of Colonel…

[RAS 037.023] Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. Watercolour by an unknown British artist from the…

[RAS 037.024] Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer

Jain Temple in the fortress of Komulmer. Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur State, ca. 1820. Proof engraving of the original by Patrick Waugh….

[RAS 037.084-085] Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli

Outline of a Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli By Ghasi, ca. 1820. Drawn over two sheet. From the collection of…

[RAS 037.086] Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli

Outline of a Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli Titled proof engraving after Ghasi’s original. From the collection of Colonel James…

[RAS 037.092] Temple at Barolli

Remains of an ancient temple at Barolli, Udaipur state. Ca. 1820. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See Tod’s…

[RAS 037.094] Temples of Gunga Bheou

Temples of Gunga Bheou. Gangabheva, Mewar, c. 1820. Inscribed top right: vignette. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See…

[RAS 037.110] Temples of Mynal

Temples of Mynal. Menal, Mewar ca. 1820. From the collection of Colonel James Tod. See Tod’s ‘Annals and Antiquities of…

[RAS 056.001] Jahangir’s mausoleum at Lahore

Jahangir’s mausoleum at Lahore Possibly by a Mughal artist working at Lahore, ca. 1770. Inscribed in Persian characters with measurements…

[RAS 061.002] Rajput Princesses Killing a Lion

Rajput princesses killing a lion Bundi, Rajasthan ca. 1820 From the collection of Colonel James Tod. Part of a group…

[RAS 062.001] The battle of Haldighati in 1576

The battle of Haldighati in 1576 Udaipur, Rajasthan ca. 1820. Attributed to Chokha. The Battle Haldighati took place on June…

[RAS 068.004] Wrestlers and Acrobats

Acrobats and wrestlers performing on a hillside Jaipur, ca. 1820-1825 Illustration to the musical mode Desakhya Ragini. From the collection…

[RAS 069.001] Jambudvipa

Jambudvipa, a Jain cosmological representation of the universe Other title: Adhidvipa | Aḍhāī-dvīpa. By a Marwar artist (Pandit Tilokacanda Dayacanda?),…

[RAS 074.001] Tirumala Nayak’s Palace

Tirumala Nayak’s palace, Madura By an Indian artist, ‘Alaghery Sawrey Naig’. Watermarked 1824. Madura, ca. 1825. Presented to the Royal…

[RAS 074.002] Tirumala Nayak’s New Mandapam

Tirumala Nayak’s New Mandapam, Madura. There is a similar work named Tirumala Nayak’s palace, Madura c. 1825 (see 074.001) by…

[RAS 089.003] Sir Alexander Cunningham

Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham was an archaeologist and numismatist, Superintendent of the Archaological Survey of India. Artist: C. W. Walton…

[RAS 089.009] Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy

Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (1793-1859) was a Parsi philathropist. Artist: J. Smart, Bombay. Engraver: R.J. Lane Inscribed in ink: ‘My dear…

[RAS 089.010] Sir William Jones

Sir William Jones (1746), philologist, barrister, and judge. In 1784, Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal, serving as its…

[RAS 089.017] Sir Henry Rawlinson

Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810-1895), statesman and Assyriologist, ca. 1850. Rawlinson served multiple terms as RAS President. Artist: Henry W. Phillips….

[RAS 089.018] Shuja-ud-Daula, with ten sons

Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh (reigned 1754-75), with ten sons. Artist: Nevasi Lal or Mihr Chand after original painting by Tilly…

[RAS 090.005] Mosque at Juanpore

‘A Mosque at Juanpore’ Jaunpur, 1802? By Thomas Daniell. Aquatint: Thomas and William Daniell. ‘Oriental Scenery’, III, 9 (Daniell 1795).

[RAS Burmese 01] Kammavācā

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. Kammavācā 16 partly gilded, decorated ivory plates (ke-[kē]); 540…

[RAS Burmese 02] Abhidhammatthasaṅgahanissya, Pāli-Burmese nissaya

language : Pāli date : 1820 creator : publisher : 126 olas (ka-ñī); 515 x 65 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 03] [Kaccāyanapakaraṇa?]-Ākhyātakappanissya

language : Pāli date : 1783 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 93 olas (khyi-chyo); 512 x 70 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 04] [Jātakaṭṭhavaṇṇanā]-Ekadasanipāta-Mātuposakajātaka

language : Pāli date : 1788 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 234 olas (ka-nā); 515 x 53 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 05] [Abhidhammapiṭaka]-Dukapaṭṭhāna

language : Pāli date : 1654 creator : publisher : 310 olas (ka-mo); 512 x 50 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 06] [Vinayapiṭaka]-Mahāvagga

language : Pāli date : 1798 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 219 olas (ka-dō); 500 x 55 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 07] Dīghanikāyaṭṭhakathā-Sumaṅgalavilāsinī-Sīlakkhandavagga

language : Pāli date : 1807 creator : Buddhaghosa publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 306 olas (la-hāh + a-āh + kya-dhyāh-na);…

[RAS Burmese 08] Paññākathana

language : Pāli date : 1796 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese fragment (3rd part). 23 olas (ṅū-chū); 510 x 60…

[RAS Burmese 09] [Vinayapiṭaka]-Mahāvagga

language : Pāli date : 1784 creator : publisher : 236 olas (ka-phī); 500 x 60 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 11] Dhammapadanissya

language : Pāli date : 1787 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya fragment. 318 olas (ka-sū); 505 x 62 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 12] [Vinayapiṭaka]-Suttavibhaṅga]-Pārājika

language : Pāli date : 1823 creator : publisher : Fragments. 252 olas (ka-pu, some mixed); 482 x 45 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 13] Bhūridattajātaka

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya fragment. 97 olas (ka-jāḥ); 505 x 48 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 14] Paramatthajotikā I – Khuddakapāṭhaṭṭhakathā

language : Pāli date : 1788 creator : publisher : 429 olas (ka-khyi); 520 x 55 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 15] Atthasālinī – Dhammasaṅganī-aṭṭhakathā

language : Pāli date : 1788 creator : publisher : Fragment Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 110 olas (ka-cho-(wanting chō-jhyi?) jhyī-ñū); 500 x…

[RAS Burmese 16] Suttasaṅgahanissya

language : Pāli date : 1774 creator : publisher : Pāli-Burmese nissaya. 373 olas (ka-ghāḥ + jha-ñāḥ + ṭa-ṇāḥ +…

[RAS Burmese 17] Uppātasantippakaraṇa

language : Pāli date : 1816 creator : publisher : 13 olas (no numbering); 510 x 65 mm; 2 cord…

[RAS Burmese 18] Dīghanikāyaṭṭhakathā – Sumaṅgalavilāsinī – Mahāvagga Sut Mahāvā aṭṭhakathānissya

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : Fragment Pali-Burmese nissaya. 257 olas (be-ṭyī); 520 x 55 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 19] [Vinayasaṅgaha] – Vinañ saṅgrah

language : Pāli date : 1794 creator : publisher : 196 olas (ḍhya-vyaṃ); 500 x 55 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 20] [Vinayapiṭaka] – Bhikkhupātimokkha. Mūlasikkhānāmapakaraṇa

language : Pāli date : 1820 creator : publisher : 14 olas (ka-khā) + 9 olas (khi-kho); 510 x 66…

[RAS Burmese 22] Vuttodaya

language : Pāli date : 1819 creator : publisher : 8 olas (ka-kū); 475 x 50 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 23] [Abhidhammamātikā] – Suttantamātikā

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 5 olas (ka-ku); 495 x 48 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 24] [Sutavandanā]

language : Pāli date : 1781 creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya. 17 olas (ka-khā); 520 x 60 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 26] [Vinayasaṅgaha] – Vinañ saṅgruih

language : Pāli date : 1788 creator : publisher : Fragment. 196 olas (ḷī-ḷāḥ +a -ḍyāḥ); 500 x 60 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 29] [Kammavācā] – Suddhaṃ parivatta

language : Burmese date : C19th creator : publisher : 11 gilded, decorated olas (no numbering); 545 x 68 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 30] [Vinayapiṭaka] – Bhikkhupātimokkha

language : Thai date : C19th? creator : publisher : 40 olas (ka-gū); 585 x 56 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 31] Pāḷi Mohavicchedanī

language : Kham date : C19th creator : publisher : 64 olas (ka-ghū) in 2 bundles (phūk); 585 x 56…

[RAS Burmese 32] Pālī Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha

language : Thai date : C19th? creator : publisher : 68 olas (ka-ghaṃ) in 2 bundles (phūk); 585 x 56…

[RAS Burmese 33] [Vinayapiṭaka] – Bhikkhunīpātimokkha

language : Kham date : C19th creator : publisher : 51 olas (ṅa-cho); 585 x 56 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 34] Pāṭha Abhidhammāvatāra

language : Thai date : C19th? creator : publisher : 203 olas (ka-ṭṭhaḥ) in 6 bundles (phūk); 585 x 56…

[RAS Burmese 36] Visuddhimagga

language : Kham date : C19th? creator : publisher : 620 olas (ka-ghyaḥ) in 19 bundles; 560 x 60 mm;…

[RAS Burmese 38] [Paritta] – Paccavekkhaṇā pāṭh

language : Pāli date : 1820 creator : publisher : Fragment, Pali-Burmese nissaya. 19 olas (ka-khi);470 x 50 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 39] List of Pāli texts and Buddhist commentaries

language : Pāli date : 1681? creator : publisher : 14 olas (ka-kāḥ); 510 x 65 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 41] Suvaṇṇasāmajātaka

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya. 41 olas (chō-ḍā); 495 x 48 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 42] [Untitled Burmese manual on meditation]

language : Burmese date : 1819 creator : publisher : No title. This ms. appears to be a manual on…

[RAS Burmese 43] Kammavācā

language : Pāli date : 1820 creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya. 32 olas (ka-ṅē + ka-kha); 515 x 65…

[RAS Burmese 45] Kaccāyanapakaraṇa – Nāmmakappa

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. Kaccāyanapakaraṇa – Nāmmakappa, fragment. 16 olas (khī-ge); 500 x…

[RAS Burmese 48] Almanach for the year 1185 = AD 1824

language : Burmese date : 1824 creator : publisher : Parabaik

[RAS Burmese 49] Parabaik in Burmese

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : Parabaik.

[RAS Burmese 50] [Kammavācā] – Chārattaṃ – mānattaṃ?

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. [Kammavācā] – Chārattaṃ – mānattaṃ?, fragment A single ola…

[RAS Burmese 53] Mahāparitta

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya. 18 olas (ka-khā); 575 x 51 mm; 2…

[RAS Burmese 54] Bo tee vong in Talaing language

language : Talaing date : C19th? creator : publisher : Bo tee vong in Talaing (Mon) language

[RAS Burmese 55] Kaccanapakara

language : Burmese date : 1863 creator : publisher : 94 olas (k?-ce); 460 x 55 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 56] Nawin Na Nissaya

language : Pāli date : 1815 creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya. Iti pi so / Buddhagu?? / Sv?kkh?to /…

[RAS Burmese 57] Dhūtaṅgassavinicchaya

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 18 olas (ka-kha); 470 x 45 mm; 2 cord holes,…

[RAS Burmese 58] Orders regarding the management of royal fields

language : Burmese date : 1829 creator : publisher : Copies written on black parabaik in Burmese of various orders…

[RAS Burmese 59] Two astronomical and astrological tables and figures

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : Two astronomical and astrological tables and figures. Leaves 3&4 contain…

[RAS Burmese 60] Pañcakathana

language : Pāli date : 1823 creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya fragments. See RAS Burmese 8? 59 olas (ka-ṅū)…

[RAS Burmese 62] Paritta

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : Pali-Burmese nissaya fragments. Folding book (purapuik), white paper, 12 folds;…

[RAS Burmese 63] [Abhidhammaṭṭhakathā]

language : Kham date : C19th? creator : publisher : [Abhidhammaṭṭhakathā], abridged. 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇi – aṭṭhakathā [- Atthasālinī] 2. Vibhaṅgaṭṭhakathā…

[RAS Burmese 64] Aṅguttaranikāya – Catukkanipāta

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. Aṅguttaranikāya – Catukkanipāta, fragments Beg., ola 1a (ki): ti…

[RAS Burmese 65] [Dhammapada]

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. [Dhammapada], extract 2. [Vinayapiṭaka – Mahāvagga – Bodhikathā], extract…

[RAS Burmese 67] Dasadhammasutta

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : Dasadhammasutta and various fragments, Pali-Burmese nissaya fragments 15 olas different…

[RAS Burmese 68] Various grammatical fragments and other texts

language : Pāli date : C19th? creator : publisher : 1. Various grammatical fragments and other texts, Pali-Burmese nissaya 76…

[RAS Burmese 72] Vidhurajātaka

language : Pāli date : 1838 creator : publisher : Vidhurajātaka, Pāli-Burmese nissaya, fragments. 90 olas (mixed); 492 x 55…

[RAS Burmese 73] [Kaccāyanapakaraṇa]

language : Pāli date : 1843 creator : publisher : 1. [Kaccāyanapakaraṇa] Sandhi, Nāma, Kāraka, Samāsa, Taddhita, Ākhyāta, Kita, Uṇādikappa….

[RAS Burmese 74] [Vinayapiṭaka] – Suttavibhaṅga] – Pārājikaṃ pāḷitō pāḷī

language : Pāli date : 1814 creator : publisher : [Vinayapiṭaka] – Suttavibhaṅga] – Pārājikaṃ pāḷitō pāḷī 141 olas (ka-phe,…

[RAS Burmese 83] Vessantara-Jataka Burmese

language : Burmese date : C19th? creator : publisher : Vessantara-Jataka Burmese

[RAS Burmese 85] [List of Buddhist monks in Upper Burma]

language : Burmese date : 1887? creator : Mahārājādhirāja Guru publisher : European paper. RAS handlist 3 gives: “A list…

[RAS Burmese 86] Kammavācā with sazigyo

language : Burmese date : 1792 creator : publisher : Kammavācā, with sazigyo 11 dark red lacquered, gilded, decorated plates,…

[RAS Hodgson MS 02] Gaṇḍa-vyūha

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf. Six lines on each folio. Text begins: gaṇḍavyūhamahārṇavastotra ninādibhojinasutānāṃ | parṣanmaṇḍalasāgaranāmnā vyūhādikam…

[RAS Hodgson MS 13] Bodhicaryāvatāra

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 5 lines on each page. Cowell and Eggeling note that the manuscript…

[RAS Hodgson MS 34] Nāmasaṃgītiṭīkā = Gūḍhapadā

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 7 lines on each folio. Some folios defaced. Cowell and Eggeling describe…

[RAS Hodgson MS 37] Saṃpuṭodbhava

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 5 lines on each page. Text arranged in 11 kalpas, each of…

[RAS Hodgson MS 43] Tattvajñānasaṃsiddhi-ṭippaṇī

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 6 lines on each page. Described by Cowell and Eggeling as “old”….

[RAS Hodgson MS 46] Ekallavīratantram [Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram]

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 7 or 8 lines on each folio. Cowell and Eggeling describe this…

[RAS Hodgson MS 67] Hetubinduṭīkā

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 8 or 9 lines on each folio. This manuscript was previously catalogued…

[RAS Hodgson MS 68] Ṣaḍaṅgayogaṭippaṇī

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 6 or 7 lines on each folio. Cowell and Eggeling describe the…

[RAS Hodgson MS 69] Ādikarmapradīpa

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 5 lines on each page. F.11 missing. The manuscript is described by…

[RAS Hodgson MS 70]] Poṣavidhānam

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 7 lines on each page. Cowell and Eggeling note that the manuscript…

[RAS Hodgson MS 74] Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha

language : Sanskrit date : C19th? Palm leaf; 6 lines on each page. A treatise, in ślokas, on various subjects…