Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains all seven Kāṇḍas of the Rāmāyaṇa (the Laṅkākāṇḍa is incomplete).
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is the fifth Kāṇḍa of Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa and describes Hanumān’s journey to Laṅkā.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is from the Rāmāyaṇa and describes the war between the armies of Rāma and Rāvaṇa, the victory of Rāma, and the enthronement of Rāvaṇa’s brother Vibhīṣaṇa.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The third parva, chronicling the 12-year exile of the Pāṇḍavas in a forest.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The Sanskrit drama by Kalidasa, derived by a story in the Mahabharata, dated to c. 4th century ce. There are seven acts.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Jain text by Bakhtarāma (1764) which refers to the Digambara sect Terā-panth, started in the 17th century by a group which distanced itself from prevalent modes of wors...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The fifth parvan of the Mahābhārata that depicts the final confrontation between Arjuna and Karṇa.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Two treatises on prosody, the first authored by Kālidāsa, the second by Rāmacandra, student of Lakṣmīpati. The latter is also known as Chandonāmavicāraṇa and contains 162...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A collection of 109 Sanskrit and Marathi verses in honour of Rāma, by Mugdala Ācārya
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A commentary in 34 cantos on the Yogavāsiṣṭhasāra by Ātmasukha, pupil of Uttamasukha alias Akhilātman.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A kāvya text by Gadādhara Bhaṭṭa (1650), son of Gaurīpati and grandson of Dāmodara Bhaṭṭa. The manuscript was edited and published by P. Regnaud in 1884.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The third of the 18 parvas of Mahābhārata, describing the Pandavas’ exile in the forest.