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Laghuśabdenduśekhara

EAP790/21/85 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

A commentary on Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita’s Siddhāntakaumudī by Nāgojibhaṭṭa (also known as Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, active c. 1700 – 1750); the manuscript has sūtras on tiṅanta prakaraṇa.

Gāyatrī Pūjā

EAP790/21/86 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

A ritual manual that includes the Gāyatrīyantra (25v), Gāyatrī Pūjā Paddhati (ends 32r), three texts from the Viśāmitrasaṃhitā: Gāyatrīaṣṭottaraśatadivyanāma (32r-34r), Gāyatrīkavaca (34r-36v) and Gāyatrīpañjara (starts 36v); and the Sāvitrīpañjara from the Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (upto the eighth adhyāya, ends 44r).

Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha

EAP790/21/87 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

This contains all four books of the Advaita Vedānta text authored by Appaya Dīkṣita (c. 1520–1593); emendations on 11r, 12v, 31v–32r.

Dvādaśīkalpa, Ekādaśīvratamāhātmya

EAP790/21/88 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Newari

A manual on fasting and other observances on Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī. The first part has Ekādaśīvratamāhātmya, said to be from the Bhaviśya Purāṇa (‘iti Bhaviṣya Purāṇa ekādaśī māhātmya rājā ruṅgadasya [the 'ṅga' character is hard to decipher] vyākhyā samāpta’, 17v), and refers to the devoted attaining Goloka. Foliation restarts for the section on the Dvādaśīkalpa, said to be from the Vaiṣṇavadharmaśāstra (‘iti vaiṣṇavadharmaśāstra dvādaśīkalpanāma daśama’, 10v). Sketches of birds atop shrubs are seen in the margins of 2r, 6r, 7r and 8v.

Dānavākyāvalī

EAP790/21/89 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

A work on religious donations that cites Puranic authorities and is attributed to queen Dhīramatī, wife of Narasimhadeva of Mithila, but is now agreed to be authored by Vidyāpati (active 1400–1430 CE). This manuscript mentions Narasimhadeva and Dhīramatī (1v), but not Vidyāpati; the colophon says ‘atha dānavākyāvalyām pūrvokta gurutva darśita laghutva prakāśika dānasaṅgraham sampūrṇam.’

Rāmārcanacandrikā

EAP790/21/90 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

A ritual text on the worship of Rāma, authored by Ānandavana, disciple of Mukundavana, in the 15th century. It is based primarily on the 12th-century Agastyasaṃhitā, one of the first texts to focus on Rāma worship. The manuscript contains all five paṭala-s; there are annotations in red pen (5v–6r, 9r, 10r–11v), which include specific prayers to be recited.

Hanumāna Kavacam Lakṣmīnṛsiṁha Kavacam

EAP790/21/91 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari

This contains the Lakṣmīnṛsiṁha Kavacam spoken by Prahlāda in the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (1r‒3r), ‘Trailokyavijayanāma’ Nṛsiṃha Kavaca from the Brahmasaṃhitā (3r‒4r), Hanumat-stotra from the Sudarśanasaṃhitā (4r‒5v), Pañcamukhamukhīhanumatkavaca, said to be from the Umā-Maheśvara Saṃvād in the Uḍḍāmaratantra (ends 7v), Hanumāna Nāṭaka (7v–8v), Hanumānamantraviniyogapaṭalapūjā Yantroddhārādyadhikāra from the Sudarśanasaṃhitā (up to Part 25, ends 16v), Hanumatkavaca from the Sudarśanasaṃhitā (17r‒18r) and the Hanumāndūrga said to be from the Atharva Veda (21r).