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Bilvopaniṣad manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bilvopaniṣad

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In Bilvopaniṣad bilva tree is nothing but the form of the deity Śiva. A single leaf of bilva the Śiva becomes very much pleased. Worship of Lord Śiva is incomplete withou...

Bilvaṣoḍaśakastotra manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bilvaṣoḍaśakastotra

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This work explains the ceremony of Śiva worship with Bilvapatra. It is composed in 16 verses. Stotra speaks about the power and glory of offering bilva leaves to Śiva. It...

Bilvapatrapraśaṃsā manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bilvapatrapraśaṃsā

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This manuscript describes the appreciation of Bilvapatra, highlighting its uses in both the worship of Śiva and its medicinal application in powdered form. The appreciati...

Bhūtaviveka manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bhūtaviveka

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This text is on Advaita (non-dualistic) Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. Bhūtaviveka is also known as Pañcamahābhūtaviveka or Mahābhūtaviveka. The manuscript has a s...

Bhūtaviveka manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bhūtaviveka

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This text is on Advaita (non-dualistic) Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. Bhūtaviveka is also known as Pañcamahābhūtaviveka or Mahābhūtaviveka. The manuscript has a s...

Bhūtaviveka manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1843 Śaka Saṃvat (1786 CE)

Bhūtaviveka

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Text is on Advaita (non-dualistic) Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. A work also known as Pañcamahābhūtaviveka or Mahābhūtaviveka. The manuscript has a second chapter...

Bhūtaśuddhyādi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1800's

Bhūtaśuddhyādi

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It is a tantra text. which consists of Nivṛtti nyāsa(f. 1a–2a), Ekādaśanyāsa(f. 2a–6a), Prāṇpratiṣṭhā(f. 6a–8a), Mātṛkā nyāsa and Bhūtaśuddhi(f. 8a–10b). The text deals...

Bhūtaśuddhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bhūtaśuddhi

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The manuscript is on tantra. Bhūtaśuddhi text is starts from (f. 2b). The text is about purification of mind and body through placing good thoughts and divinity. It is...

Bhūtaśuddhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bhūtaśuddhi

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The manuscript strats with Gāyatrī mantra, Liṅgaśuddhi, in six verses. The text Bhūtaśuddhi starts from (f. 2b). It is about the purification of mind and body through p...

Bhūtaśuddhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1690 Śaka Saṃvat (1768 CE)

Bhūtaśuddhi

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This is a tantra text. Bhūtaśuddhi is the purification of mind and body through placing good thoughts and divinity. It is the purification of the five elements of the b...