Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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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...
University of Pennsylvania
1729 Śaka Saṃvat (1807 CE)
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A prayoga text based on the Baudhāyana-Kalpasūtra, this work, composed by Bhairava-tilaka, discusses Vedic rituals—particularly the paddhatis and vratas related to Āruṇak...
University of Pennsylvania
1903 Vikrama Saṃvat, 1768 Śaka Saṃvat (1846 CE)
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Ādityahṛdaya is a text in praise of the sun deity Āditya also called Sūrya. It is the 106th Sarga (part) according to the Colophon (f.2b). This Sarga is part of the s...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a commentary on the Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa, the fourth chapter (kāṇḍa) of the Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa, composed by Maheśvaratīrtha and titled Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā. The commentat...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a Bālakāṇḍa (first chapter) text of the Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki. The manuscript refers to the text as Ārṣarāmāyaṇa, a title commonly used for the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇ...
University of Pennsylvania
1717 Śaka Saṃvat (1795 CE)
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This is a Bālakāṇḍa (first chapter) text of the Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki. The manuscript refers to the text as Ārṣarāmāyaṇa, a title commonly used for the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇ...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a commentary on the Āraṇyakāṇḍa, third chapter (kāṇḍa) of the Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa by Maheśvaratīrtha, titled Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā. The commentator was a pupil of Nā...
University of Pennsylvania
1840
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This text is the second chapter of the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa, titled Sthiti-prakaraṇa, a work traditionally attributed to Vālmīki. The Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa is known by s...
University of Pennsylvania
1764 Śaka Saṃvat (1842 CE)
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This text is the third chapter of the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa, titled Sthiti-prakaraṇa, a work traditionally attributed to Vālmīki. The Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa is known by se...
University of Pennsylvania
1763 Śaka Saṃvat (1841 CE)
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This text is the fourth chapter of the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa, titled Sthiti-prakaraṇa, a work traditionally attributed to Vālmīki. The Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa is known by s...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a ritual manual that describes the mantras and the process of worshiping Lord Sūrya. The title of the text means "offering water," and this offering is dedicated...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a ritual manual that describes the mantras and the process of worshiping Lord Sūrya. The title of the text means "offering water," and this offering is dedicated...