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Gītagovinda manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

19 Saṃvat

Gītagovinda

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Gītagovinda is a devotional musical poetry by Jayadeva on the divine love between lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā (the cow herdess). The poem depicts various themes of love, sepera...

Ghaṭakharparakāvya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Ghaṭakharparakāvya

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Ghaṭakharparakāvya is a kāvya written by Ghaṭakharpara which is classified as a Sandeśakāvya (a message poem). This poem is written in 22 verses in which a woman in l...

Gāyatryartha manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Gāyatryartha

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The text discusses the Guruśāstra (apparently influenced by Vaiṣṇava thought). It also cites the Atharvaveda, Gopatha Brāhmaṇa, and Vyākaraṇa (the Pāṇinian school) to exp...

Gāyatrīmantra manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Gāyatrīmantra

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A bhāṣya (commentary) on the Gāyatrī mantra of the Ṛgveda, attributed to Śaṃkarācārya. In this text, the commentator explains the Gāyatrī mantra from the perspective of A...

Gāyatrīpuraścaraṇa manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Gāyatrīpuraścaraṇa

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A ritual text describes the processes of bhūśuddhi, bhūtaśuddhi, and antarmātṛkā and bahirmātṛkā prāṇapratiṣṭhā (f. 1b–4b). The manuscript also contains several mantras a...