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Gṛhyasūtra Bhāṣya manuscript preview TUCL

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Gṛhyasūtra Bhāṣya

EAP790/21/72

Gṛhyasūtra-s are on domestic religious ceremonies. This bhāṣya (commentary) is by Gadādhara Dīkṣita, ‘son of Vāmana’, on the Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra; the manuscript has 20 ka...

Yajña Rūdra Paddhati manuscript preview TUCL

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Yajña Rūdra Paddhati

EAP790/21/71

A Śaiva ritual manual, dated Saṃvat 1765 or 1707/1708 CE (the colophon does not name the author: ten works titled ‘Mahārudrapaddhati’ are listed by Kane).

Nityakarma manuscript preview TUCL

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Nityakarma

EAP790/21/69

A collection of Sanskrit mantras with Newari titles for daily recitation and ritual offerings, including to the guru (1v), Sūrya and Candra (3v), Gaṇeśa (4v), Devī (4v),...

Naiṣadhacarita manuscript preview TUCL

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Naiṣadhacarita

EAP790/21/68

A mahākāvya authored by Śrīharṣa in the 12th century based on the story of Nala, king of Niṣadha. The manuscript contains 10 of 12 chapters and is dated Nepal Saṃvat 778...

Śivapūjā manuscript preview TUCL

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Śivapūjā

EAP790/21/67

A ritual manual that includes the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra written in Medieval Bangla (apparently in the same hand as EAP790/21/66, and possibly the first part of the text).

Rudrābhiṣeka manuscript preview TUCL

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Rudrābhiṣeka

EAP790/21/66

A ritual manual on offering pūjā to Śiva written in Medieval Bangla and dated 825 Nepal Saṃvat or 1704/1705 CE.

Bhagavadgītā (with Newāri Ṭīkā) manuscript preview TUCL

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Bhagavadgītā (with Newāri Ṭīkā)

EAP790/21/65

A complete text of the Bhagavadgītā, with a ṭīkā in Newāri framing the lines on each page. It opens with the Bhagavadgītāmālāmantra.

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa

EAP790/21/64

A Vedantic interpretation of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, told as a dialogue (saṃvād) between Umā and Maheśvara. Its seven kāṇda-s correspond to those of Vālmīki; this manuscrip...

Rājavijaya manuscript preview TUCL

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Rājavijaya

EAP790/21/62

A work of military astrology by Raṇahasti (fl. 1400, Ratanpur, central India), also known as ‘Svaraśāstra’ or ‘Svarodaya’. It has sketches of weapons and war plans, and a...

Vāstuśāstra manuscript preview TUCL

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Vāstuśāstra

EAP790/21/61

This text on architecture has 13 chapters, 12 listed in the table of contents at the end: gṛhādinirmāṇesamayaśuddhi, kālavicāra, gṛhavicāra, śilānyāsavidhi, Prāsādalakṣaṇ...

Manoramā manuscript preview TUCL

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Manoramā

EAP790/21/60

An auto-commentary on Siddhāntakaumudī by Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita (1547–1633), also known as Prauḍḥamanoramā.