Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1791 Śaka Saṃvat, 1926 Vikrama Saṃvat (1869 CE)
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A stotra text composed in dialogue form between Vaiśampāyana, Yudhiṣṭhira, Janamejaya, and Dhaumya. In the text, Dhaumya, a great sage, elucidates the stotra praising Sūr...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a Dhātupāṭha text—an index of Sanskrit root verbs—which follows the Siddhāntakaumudī sequence for its indexing. The manuscript contains the list of root verbs fro...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A vidhi text praising God Dāmodara, a form of Viṣṇu, and Goddess Rādhā, a form of the Divine Mother. The text also discusses the rituals performed during the pūjā, along...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A small Dharmaśāstra treatise composed in 85 verses is attributed to Aṅgiras. The manuscript contains only the prāyaścitta section. The text is also found in different ve...
University of Pennsylvania
1886 Vikrama Saṃvat (1829 CE)
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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...
University of Pennsylvania
1780 Śaka Saṃvat (1858 CE), 1918 Vikrama Saṃvat (1861 CE)
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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...
University of Pennsylvania
1780 Śaka Saṃvat (1858 CE), 1918 Vikrama Saṃvat (1861 CE)
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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...
University of Pennsylvania
1902 Vikrama Saṃvat (1845 CE), 1766 Śaka Saṃvat (1844 CE)
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A collection of 25 Dharmaśāstra works draws references from the following texts: Kālamādhava, Kālatattvavivecana, Nirṇayasindhu, Mitākṣarā, Prayogacintāmaṇi, Prayogapārij...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The complete work of the Yājñavalkya Smṛti consists of three chapters and is attributed to Yājñavalkya. The first chapter, called Ācārādhyāya (f.1b–15a), deals with the 1...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The text describes “the one who is blessed” (dhanya), and is composed of ten verses attributed to Śaṃkarācārya. However, the other versions of the text contains only eigh...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A compilation of synonyms and homonyms by the 12th century Digambara Jain writer Dhanañjaya, composed in 203 verses. (Written in 8–10 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated...
University of Pennsylvania
1800's
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This is a Kavaca text composed in a dialogue format between Devī and Mahādeva, consisting of 13 verses. The text describes various body parts and directions, along with t...