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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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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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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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...
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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...