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Mātṛkā pūjā Prayoga
EAP1023/20/4 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A handbook on the puja to matṛkā-s (mother goddesses) offered as part of abhyudāyika śrāddha or ritual offerings to ancestors made on celebratory occasions.
Candraloka
EAP1023/20/5 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
Pradyotana Miśra’s commentary (prakāśa) on the Candraloka by Pīyūṣavarṣa Jayadeva (c. 1200–1250), composed in 1583 ce. The colophon describes the author as ‘sakalaśāstra arvind’, possibly a play on his other name ‘Padmanābha’, and names his father and that of his patron, Vīrabhadradeva (Vāghela dynasty).
Dāna Vākyāvalī
EAP1023/20/6 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A text on charitable donations of cows and other livestock (‘godānādi’), describing the good to be accrued from each.
Śivarātri Vratakathā
EAP1023/20/7 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
The story of the hunter Lubdhaka which is narrated on Śivarātri to commemorate his salvation that night. The text describes itself as based on the Liṅga Purāṇa.
Dhanaňjaya Kośa
EAP1023/20/8 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A compilation of synonyms and homonyms by the 12th-century Digambara Jain writer Dhanañjaya; a reader has noted keywords in red on the first five folios of fourteen.
Siddhivināyaka pūjā
EAP1023/20/9 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A handbook on the observances for Gaṇeśa Chaturthī.
Pāṇinīyaśikṣā
EAP1023/20/10 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A work ascribed to Pāṇinī, author of Aṣṭādhyāyī. The manuscript follows the Agni Purāṇa recension with the Śikṣāprakāśa (c. 1000–1300 CE).
Gṛhyasūtra
EAP1023/20/11 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on Hindu domestic religious ceremonies performed by both male and female householders before the fire; contains references to sthālīpāka (offerings to brahmins) and cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure).
Jātakābharaṇa
EAP1023/20/12 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A text on jyotisa by Ḍhuṇḍhirāja (fl. c. 1525)
Māhādīpa Māhātmya
EAP1023/20/13 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on the ritual offering of a huge lamp (māhādīpa) in worship
Gayatrī Japa Vidhana
EAP1023/20/14 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on reciting the Gāyatrī Mantra (or Sāvitrī Mantra), a mantra dedicated to the sun from the Ṛgveda, composed in the Vedic meter Gāyatrī.
Karṇa Bhedha
EAP1023/20/15 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)