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3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_986
This is a composite manuscript containing 43 Upaniṣadic texts, including both major and minor Upaniṣads. A few of the texts are incomplete. The contents include: Muṇḍako...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_2747
This is a short work considered to be of the Upaniṣad class of texts, claiming to belong to the Atharvaveda. It contains mantras praising Lord Gaṇeśa and is considered an...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_854
This is a short work considered to belong to the Upaniṣad class of texts and is associated with the Atharvaveda. It is written in the form of a discourse between the gods...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1194
This is a short work considered to belong to the Upaniṣad class of texts and is associated with the Atharvaveda. It is written in the form of a discourse between the gods...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1236
This is a composite manuscript containing three Upaniṣadic texts: Atharvaśīrṣa (f. 1b–9a), Brahmopaniṣad (f. 9a–10b), and Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (f. 11a–22b). However, the...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1063
This is a short work considered to belong to the Upaniṣad class of texts and is associated with the Atharvaveda. It is written in the form of a discourse between the gods...
University of Pennsylvania
1768 Vikrama Saṃvat (1711 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1189
This is a bhāṣya (commentary) on the Praśnopaniṣad, a major Upaniṣad belonging to the Atharvaveda. The commentator is Śaṃkarācārya, a prominent exponent of Advaita philos...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_966
This is a short text containing mantras in praise of Lord Nārāyaṇa. It claims to be an Upaniṣad and a part of the Atharvaṇaśikhā. The text is associated with Vaiṣṇava phi...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1133
This text contains ślokas from each of the four Vedas, with two ślokas from each representing their essence. At the beginning of the text, it is mentioned that it present...
University of Pennsylvania
1765 Śaka Saṃvat (1843 CE)
ms_coll_390item_2363
This work is ascribed to Jaimini, one of the disciples of Vyāsa. It is influenced by Vyāsa’s Mahābhārata, specifically the Āśvamedhaparva, but Jaimini’s version focuses m...
University of Pennsylvania
1702 Śaka Saṃvat (1780 CE)
ms_coll_390item_51
This Dharmaśāstra text discusses the Vedic rituals of Upākarma and Utsarjana. Upākarma refers to the beginning of Vedic studies, while Utsarjana marks their cessation. Th...
University of Pennsylvania
1800's
ms_coll_390item_906
Gītābhāṣyaṭīkā is a commentary on the Bhagavadgītā, 3rd part out of the 4, from the 6th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata, that is Bhīṣmaparva. They are...