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Karṇa Bhedha manuscript preview TUCL

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Karṇa Bhedha

EAP1023/20/15

A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)

Gayatrī Japa Vidhana manuscript preview TUCL

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Gayatrī Japa Vidhana

EAP1023/20/14

A manual on reciting the Gāyatrī Mantra (or Sāvitrī Mantra), a mantra dedicated to the sun from the Ṛgveda, composed in the Vedic meter Gāyatrī.

Gṛhyasūtra manuscript preview TUCL

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Gṛhyasūtra

EAP1023/20/11

A manual on Hindu domestic religious ceremonies performed by both male and female householders before the fire; contains references to sthālīpāka (offerings to brahmins)...

Pāṇinīyaśikṣā manuscript preview TUCL

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Pāṇinīyaśikṣā

EAP1023/20/10

A work ascribed to Pāṇinī, author of Aṣṭādhyāyī. The manuscript follows the Agni Purāṇa recension with the Śikṣāprakāśa (c. 1000–1300 CE).

Dhanaňjaya Kośa manuscript preview TUCL

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Dhanaňjaya Kośa

EAP1023/20/8

A compilation of synonyms and homonyms by the 12th-century Digambara Jain writer Dhanañjaya; a reader has noted keywords in red on the first five folios of fourteen.

Śivarātri Vratakathā manuscript preview TUCL

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Śivarātri Vratakathā

EAP1023/20/7

The story of the hunter Lubdhaka which is narrated on Śivarātri to commemorate his salvation that night. The text describes itself as based on the Liṅga Purāṇa.

Dāna Vākyāvalī manuscript preview TUCL

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Dāna Vākyāvalī

EAP1023/20/6

A text on charitable donations of cows and other livestock (‘godānādi’), describing the good to be accrued from each.

Candraloka manuscript preview TUCL

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Candraloka

EAP1023/20/5

Pradyotana Miśra’s commentary (prakāśa) on the Candraloka by Pīyūṣavarṣa Jayadeva (c. 1200–1250), composed in 1583 ce. The colophon describes the author as ‘sakalaśāstra...