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Smaradīpikā
ark:/12148/btv1b100831658 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
This contains a treatise on erotics. Its title and the name of the author, Mīnanātha, are given in both the introductory stanzas and in the completion statement at the end. However, the 33 text here differs almost entirely from the published edition of 1967, though the first line is roughly equivalent, and there are occasional parallels. A note on the title page says the manuscript belongs to the collection of one Ouessant from Pondicherry, but it does not appear in the list the library acquired from him.
Kriyābhedakādimīmāṃsāsūtra, Mīmāṃsāsūtra
ark:/12148/btv1b100827584 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
The Pūrva Mīmāṃsā Sūtras give rules for interpretating the Vedas and philosophical justifications for the observance of Vedic ritual. For Mīmāṃsakas, the cycle of karma is perpetual, where the best one can aim for is higher birth among the Devas, and the Vedās engage humanity in rituals in order to create good karma.
Carakottaratantra, Madhukośa (?), Hārāvalī, Pathyāpathyaviniścaya, Rogapakhyā, Cikitsāsaṅgraha
ark:/12148/btv1b10082674s Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
It is a composite manuscript, whose texts describe doṣa of the body, and remedies for disease.
Tantrasāra
ark:/12148/btv1b100827997 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
Also known as the Br̥hat Tantrasāra, this text is on the worship of the Dasamahavidya goddesses. The author Krishnananda drew from tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shakta, Vaishnava and Suryavanshi traditions. The work was revised by Amṛtānanda.
Kātantravṛtti
ark:/12148/btv1b10082789t Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
A commentary on the Kātantra, a treatise on Sanskrit grammar.
Mahābhārata Droṇaparva
ark:/12148/btv1b10083171w Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
The seventh of 18 parvas, it describes the appointment of Drona as commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance, on the 11th day of the Kurukshetra War and his death four days later, during which time major characters like Abhimanyu, Jayadratha and Ghatotkacha are killed.
Nyāyavārttikatātparyaṭīkā
ark:/12148/btv1b10082612d Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
A textual commentary in the Nyaya tradition authored by Vācaspatimiśra.
Tantrasāra (?)
ark:/12148/btv1b10082798s Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
Also known as the Br̥hat Tantrasāra, this text is on the worship of the Dasamahavidya goddesses. The author Krishnananda drew from tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shakta, Vaishnava and Suryavanshi traditions. The work was revised by Amṛtānanda.
Rugviniścaya
ark:/12148/btv1b10082557x Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
Medical text on diseases and their remedies.
Pañcatantra
ark:/12148/btv1b10082728w Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Grantha
The ‘Five Treatises’ is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story about the education of princes. The five treatises—Mitra-bheda, Mitra-lābha, Kākolūkīyam, Labdhapraṇāśam, Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ—explore themes of alliances, war, loss, and ill-judged action.
Śārīrakasūtra.
ark:/12148/btv1b10084032n Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This contains the fourth part (pāda) of the fourth adhyāya (chapter) of a work also known as the Brahma Sūtra, Vedānta Sūtra, and Bhikṣu-sūtra. This is one of three key Vedānta texts, along with the principal Upaniṣads and the Bhagavadgītā. It has incluenced several schools of philosophy but is interpreted differently by the non-dualistic (Advaita), theistic (Viśiṣṭādvaita) and Dvaita (dualistic) sub-schools. Among commentaries, the most widely studied include the bhāṣya by Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, Rāmānuja, Madhvācharya and Bhāskara sūtras.
Mahābhārata-Bhīṣmaparvan.
ark:/12148/btv1b100831853 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
The sixth of 18 parvas, this describes Bhīṣma’s leadership of the Kaurava army. It includes treatises like Jambūdvīpanirṇaya, Bhuvanakośa and Bhagavadgītā.