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3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa, telling the story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Lord Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). The m...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A text on lexicography by Hemacandra, with 1542 verses. The first part deals with synonyms, the second (which some say is spurious) is on homonyms. This manuscript contai...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The purāṇa of the holy city of Śoṇīpura, taken from the Padmapurāṇa.
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An ākhyāyikā kāvya that tells stories from the life of king Harṣavadhana of Sthāṇvīśvara by Bāṇabhaṭṭa (570–650), whose patron was King Harṣavardhana (606–648) of Sthāṇvī...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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An incomplete Dharmaśāstra work by Śārṅgadhara (c. 13th century, the period of the ruler Hammīra with whose court he is associated).
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The Setumāhātmya describes the Rāmasetu, and is found in the Bhaviśyapurāṇa. A note by Eugene Burnouf (1801–52) says, ‘“The Grandeur of the Bridge”; collection of traditi...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A note by Eugene Burnouf (1801–52) describes this as a ‘collection of Smrītis or compilations of laws [ascribed to] Viṣṇu, Bharadvādja, Bṛhaspati, Dakṣa, Yama, Likhita, A...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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An elementary treatise on astrology that describes the auspicious months, times, positions of stars and other matters.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is a composite manuscript, with five texts: Kaviśikṣā or Kāvyakalpalatā by Amaracandra and Arisiṁha; Āloāṇa; Maunaikādaśīcaritra; Yantrarājaṭīkā by Amalacandrasūri,...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Texts on Vyākaraṇa by the Jaina monk and scholar Hemacandra (1088–1172/73), born in Ḍhunaka near Āhmedabad. The Abhidhānacintāmaṇi has six kāṇḍas on synonyms (it’s second...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is a composite manuscript with two Jyotiṣa-śāstra texts. Mahāsiddhānta is by Āryabhaṭa II (930). Brahmasphuṭasiddhānta is authored by Brahmagupta, son of Jiṣṇu, who...
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A Sanskrit vyākaraṇa text that gives a metrical compilation of verbal roots (dhātupāṭha), arranged according to their endings. The author is Vopadeva (1250–1300), son of...