Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. This text, composed in 49 verses, is presented as a dialogue b...
University of Pennsylvania
1600–1799
ms_coll_390item_2431
A ritual manual for praising Goddess Dakṣiṇakālikā. It discusses the ritual procedures performed during the pūjā, such as nyāsa, mantras, tattvaśuddhi, bali, pādukāpūjā,...
University of Pennsylvania
1699–1706 Śaka Saṃvat (1777–1784 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1581
A treatise on Dharmaśāstra composed in 221 verses, ascribed to Dakṣa. While the printed version of the text contains seven chapters, this manuscript includes only three,...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1447
A collection of four vrata texts compiled from various Purāṇas. The manuscript appears to be part of a larger work, as the pagination begins from folio 46. It contains th...
University of Pennsylvania
1751 Śaka Saṃvat (1829 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1240
A composite manuscript contains major Upaniṣads: Daśaśānti (Part 1, f. 2a–2b); Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad (Part 1, f. 3a–3b); Taittirīyopaniṣad (Part 2, f. 1a–8a); Kaṭhop...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1534
This a collection of Sanskrit Subhāṣita. Subhāṣitas are anthology of Sanskrit poetry. There are various section in the Subhāṣita text in Sanskrit literatur but the text h...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1205
A composite manuscript contains minor Upaniṣads: Aṣṭāvakra-Gītā (f. 2a–26a); Bhikṣukopaniṣad (f. 26a–27a); Saṃnyāsopaniṣad (f. 27a–39a); Paramahaṅsoparivrajākopaniṣad (f....
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1187
An Upaniṣadic text derived from the third Prapāṭhaka of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, it covers Anuvākas 1–21. This manuscript is similar to Item 984. (Written in 6–7 lines pe...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_984
An Upaniṣadic text derived from the third Prapāṭhaka of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, it covers Anuvākas 1–21. (Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1–4, 14–18, upp...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1084
This is a commentary on the Citradīpa-prakaraṇa of the Pañcadaśī by Vidyāraṇya, written by Rāmakṛṣṇa. The text describes four states (avasthā) of Brahman (the Universal C...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1033
This is a commentary on the Citradīpa-prakaraṇa of the Pañcadaśī by Vidyāraṇya, written by Rāmakṛṣṇa. The text describes four states (avasthā) of Brahman (the Universal C...
University of Pennsylvania
1766 Śaka Saṃvat (1844 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1036
This is a commentary on the Citradīpa-prakaraṇa of the Pañcadaśī by Vidyāraṇya, written by Rāmakṛṣṇa. The text describes four states (avasthā) of Brahman (the Universal C...