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Devīmāhātmya manuscript preview TUCL

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Devīmāhātmya

EAP1023/25/35

The Devi Mahatmya is a Hindu religious text describing the Goddess as the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the Markandeya Puran written sometime b...

Gīrvāṇa Ratnāvalī manuscript preview TUCL

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Gīrvāṇa Ratnāvalī

EAP1023/25/46

Gīrvāṇa Ratnāvalī is a text on Hindu religious practices and other rituals composed by King Gīrvāṇa Yuddha Vikram Śāha of Nepal (1797-1816 CE). This text is also popularl...

Baṭuka Bhairava Pañcānga manuscript preview TUCL

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Baṭuka Bhairava Pañcānga

EAP1023/25/30

This is a Tantric text written in Sanskrit. It is written in Devanagari script. This text is within Kalika Tantra.

Kāśī Māhātmyam manuscript preview TUCL

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Kāśī Māhātmyam

EAP1023/25/48

This manuscript if the glorification of Kashi, the holliest place in Northern India. This is the manuscript of Kashi Mahatmya contained in the pātālakhaṇḍa of the Padmapu...

Padmapurāṇa - Sr̥ṣtī Khaṇḍa manuscript preview TUCL

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Padmapurāṇa - Sr̥ṣtī Khaṇḍa

EAP1023/25/47

Padma Purana exists in two different recensions, Bengal and the West Indian versions. Bengal recension consists of five sections: Shrishti Khanda, Bhumi Khanda, Svarga Kh...

Purarścaryārṇava manuscript preview TUCL

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Purarścaryārṇava

EAP1023/25/51

This text is written by King Pratap Singh Shah of Nepal. He ruled Nepal in the eighteenth century. He was devout Tantric practitioner. This is Tantra Shastra Vidhana Padd...

Māghamāhātmya manuscript preview TUCL

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Māghamāhātmya

EAP1023/25/49

Magha Mahatmya is glorification of the holy month of Magha. This story is contained in the Padmapurāṇa in the form of dialogue between Vashistha and Dilipa.

Kriyā Yoga Sāra manuscript preview TUCL

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Kriyā Yoga Sāra

EAP1023/25/50

The Kriya Yoga Sara is always considered as a sort of supplement to the Padma Purana, or as a portion of the Uttara Khanda of that Purana. It is divided into twenty five...

Vidhānapārijāta manuscript preview TUCL

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Vidhānapārijāta

EAP1023/25/43

This text is the book of marriage rituals. This is the fifth chapter of the text

Pāraskaragṛhyavyākhyā manuscript preview TUCL

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Pāraskaragṛhyavyākhyā

EAP1023/25/45

Grihya Sutra of Paraskarab belongs to the White Yajurveda and forms an appendix to Katyayana's Srauta Sutra. It describes rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies.

Vidhānapārijāta manuscript preview TUCL

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Vidhānapārijāta

EAP1023/25/44

This text is the book of marriage rituals. This is the fourth chapter of the text.

Dinakaroddyota manuscript preview TUCL

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Dinakaroddyota

EAP1023/25/42

A text on Dharmaśāstra start by Dinakara Bhaṭṭa and completed by his son Viśveśvara alias Gāgā Bhaṭṭa, both of them belongs to the famous Bhaṭṭa family. Dinakara was the...