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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083125m
The eleventh of 18 parvas. This narattes the misery, grief and vulnerability on women after Kurukshetra war and curse of Gandhari.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The ninth of 18 parvas, this narrates how Śalya was appointed the fourth commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance on the 18th day of the Kurukṣetra War, how he was kill...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083121t
This is the 12th of 18 parvas. Traditionally it has three subparvas: Rājadharma, Apaddharma-anusasana and Mokṣadharma, but this manuscript includes Dānadharma. The text d...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100827137
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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ark:/12148/btv1b53157071s
A Sanskrit mahākāvya (epic poem) by Māgha (600–680 ce), son of Dattaka Sarvāśraya, grandson of Suprabhadeva. In 20 cantos the text tells the story of how Kṛṣṇa killed the...
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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ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b10082725j
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
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082536n
A long series of fervent erotic verses on Kṛṣṇalīlā taken from Vaiṣṇava dramas. It is ascribed to the Vaiṣṇava philosopher Rūpagosvāmin.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b53170457c
This is an astrological text written in verse and prose.