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Aśokatrirātravrata manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Aśokatrirātravrata

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Aśokatrirātravrata is a text which describes festivals, rituals, observances and pilgrimage sites. It is a part of the uttaraparva of the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa. This text cont...

Āsavādhikāra manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āsavādhikāra

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Āsavādhikāra is a text which discribes the preperation and properties of Āsava and Āriṣṭa which are special self fermented alcoholic drinks using herbs, jaggery and ot...

Aśaucanirṇaya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Aśaucanirṇaya

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A Dharmaśāstra text ascribed to Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita. This work discusses impurities, especially those related to pregnancy. Several texts with the same title have been found...

Aśaucanirṇaya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Aśaucanirṇaya

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Aśaucanirṇaya is a text by Tryaṃbaka Paṇḍita which deals with ritualistic purification from impurites particularly believed to be caused from a women giving birth, fr...

Aśaucanirṇaya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1701 Śaka Saṃvat (1779 CE)

Aśaucanirṇaya

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Aśaucanirṇaya is a text by Tryaṃbaka Paṇḍita which deals with ritualistic purification from impurites particularly believed to be caused from a women giving birth, fr...

Aśaucanirṇaya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1708 Śaka Saṃvat (1786 CE)

Aśaucanirṇaya

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A Dharmaśāstra text ascribed to Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita. This work discusses impurities, especially those related to pregnancy. Several texts with the same title have been found...

Āsanavidhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āsanavidhi

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A Tantra text that explains the āsana (offering a seat to the deity) rituals for invoking the Mother Goddess, especially forms of Durgā. This manuscript also details the...

Āryāṣṭottaraśataka manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āryāṣṭottaraśataka

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A kāvya text composed in 108 verses in the āryā metre, praising Lord Rāma, authored by Mudgalabhaṭṭa. This manuscript includes a commentary written by the author himself....

Āryāsaptaśatī manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āryāsaptaśatī

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A kāvya text composed by Govardhana, the court poet of King Lakṣmaṇasena (1179–1205 CE), a ruler from the Sena dynasty of Bengal. The poet is closely associated with the...

Arundhatyāvrata manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1760–1761

Arundhatyāvrata

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This Hindu ritual text discusses the vidhi (procedure) and vrata (vow) performed in honor of Arundhatī, a Puranic figure and the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha. According to t...

Arundhatīkathā manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Arundhatīkathā

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This Hindu ritual text discusses the vidhi (procedure) and vrata (vow) in honor of Arundhati, a Puranic figure who was the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha. In traditional belie...