Photograph of Gurachandra telling a story

One of 334 items in the series: Shobhana Chelliah Collection available on this site.

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Photograph of Gurachandra, a Manipuri language consultant, sitting on a stool looking directly at the camera, and telling a traditional Manipuri folk tale called 'Mayba'.

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1 photograph: digital, col.

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Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi 1987.

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Photograph of Gurachandra, a Manipuri language consultant, sitting on a stool looking directly at the camera, and telling a traditional Manipuri folk tale called 'Mayba'.

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1 photograph: digital, col.

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Additional context: Gurachandra is one of the Manipuri language consultants who helped Shobhana Chelliah and other researchers work on the Manipuri language.

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Manipur Language Resource

Material on the Manipuri language (ISO 639-3 mni), also known as Meithei, Meitei, Meitheiron, Meiteilon, or Meetei. Manipuri is used as a lingua franca in the state of Manipuri, India, and spoken by over 1.2 million people in Manipur and an estimated 3 million including second language speakers.

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

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Retelling of Mayba (Sound)

Retelling of Mayba

This is a retelling of a traditional narrative about a farmer who puts a spell on an unknown person who was stealing his vegetables.

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Retelling of Mayba, ark:/67531/metadc1631616

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  • 1987

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  • March 14, 2020, 5:08 p.m.

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  • Aug. 4, 2020, 12:06 a.m.

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Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi. Photograph of Gurachandra telling a story, photograph, 1987; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1631636/: accessed October 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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