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Kaṇṭhāvatāra manuscript preview TUCL

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Kaṇṭhāvatāra

EAP1023/25/14

This has the 18th and 19th paṭala (chapter) of the text, which describes yoginīcakras and characteristics of yoginīs as told by God Bhairava. It is written in Pracalit Ne...

Śivagītā manuscript preview TUCL

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Śivagītā

EAP1023/25/12

A text of Vedantic Śaivism from the Śiva-Rāghavasaṃvāda, in the Uttara Kāṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa. The manuscript goes upto Mokṣayoga (16th adhyāya). The work is ascribed...

Puṣpacintāmaṇi manuscript preview TUCL

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Puṣpacintāmaṇi

EAP1023/25/11

A book on flowers used in different rituals, with four prakāśa (chapters). It is ascribed to King Pratāpa Malla of Nepal, but was in fact authored by his protégé, Māyāsiṃ...

Amarakośa manuscript preview TUCL

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Amarakośa

EAP1023/25/10

A work of lexicography by Amarasiṃha (active 500 c.), containing synonyms for different categories of words. The manuscript contains the first two of three kāṇḍa-s, svarg...

Aṣṭavargasādhana manuscript preview TUCL

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Aṣṭavargasādhana

EAP1023/25/9

A book on astrology in pracalit Newari, whose authorship is attributed to Sugrīva.

Śāntisāra manuscript preview TUCL

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Śāntisāra

EAP1023/25/26

An incomplete manuscript of the work on propitiatory rites authored by Dinakara Bhaṭṭa (1575‒1640), son of ‘Mīmāṃsaka’ Rāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa; includes chapters on ‘Mahāpūjā’, ‘...

Utpāta lakṣaṇam manuscript preview TUCL

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Utpāta lakṣaṇam

EAP1023/25/8

The first part of the manuscript has ‘Utpāta Lakṣaṇam’ (Utpāta rakṣaṇam?), which is attributed to Āryāvalokiteāśvara. It is followed by a text on astrology, and over 19 f...

Gāyatrī Rahasya manuscript preview TUCL

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Gāyatrī Rahasya

EAP1023/25/7

The first part of the manuscript has Sāyaṃsandhyopāsana from the Gāyatrī Rahasya ascribed to Paraśurāma. The second part has Śaṃkarācārya's Gāyatrī Bhāṣya, with mudrālakṣ...

Mātr̥kā Nyāsa - (Snāna Vidhi) manuscript preview TUCL

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Mātr̥kā Nyāsa - (Snāna Vidhi)

EAP1023/25/6

A manual on daily rituals, including prātaḥ vidhi, sāndhya vidhi, guru praṇāma and Matrika worship, distinguishing ‘bahir’ (outer) matr̥ikā nyāsa and ‘antar’ (interior) m...

Rāmāyaṇa Sundarakāṇḍa manuscript preview TUCL

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Rāmāyaṇa Sundarakāṇḍa

EAP1023/25/4

This contains episodes from the fifth book of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (the title page refers to it as the fourth), from Hanumāna’s leap across the ocean to the building of t...