Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The text is Kiraṇavalīmūla by Udayanācārya is subcommentary on Vaiśeṣikasūtra of Kaṇāda and commentary on Padārthadharmasaṅgraha by Praśastapāda. It is divided in two sec...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is an important work of Āyurveda. The work contains effects of the substances on the Āyurvedic traditional system of medicine which is known as biological energies K...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The manuscript is Kūrmacakra. It consists the some Kūrmacakra mantra and its ritual. This manuscript is written in 8–9 lines per folio. Back page is blank. Title present...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The text Dīpaprayogaratnākara comprises a wide range of ritual practices associated with the dīpa (lamp). It includes detailed prescriptions for dīpadāna rituals to be pe...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The work Dīpadāna forms an integral part of the Kārtavīryārjunana Prayoga, which is a tantric ritual system. The Kārtavīryārjunana Prayoga belongs to the tantric traditio...
University of Pennsylvania
1843 Vikrama Saṃvat (1786 CE)
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This text is on Advaita Vedanta philosophy. It is composed by Vidyāraṇya (also known as Madhava). Dhyānadīpa is the ninth chapter of the Pañcadaśī text. The text is wit...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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The work Dhvajāropaṇa deals with the ceremonial ritual of hoisting or installing a flag on a temple. The text also prescribes the recitation of specific mantras during va...
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
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...