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Citrakāvya manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Citrakāvya

112474_V046A_4220_CS

"A text on alaṅkāraśāstra by Mahānandakavi, an obscure author. It has a commentary, Citraprapañca, by Viśveśvara. NCC says both text and commentary are by Viśveśvara. But...

Ekākṣarakośa manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Ekākṣarakośa

112468_V044A_4219_CS

"A text on lexicography, that identifies itself as a kośa. It explains various words and their synonyms, starting with svara and vyañjana. It has words from a to kṣa. The...

Durghaṭakāvya manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Durghaṭakāvya

112467_V043A_4218_CS

"Also called Durghaṭaślokas, this is a collection of about 85 difficult and incongruous verses ascribed to Kālidāsa. This manuscript has only 60 verses with an anonymous...

Tarkasaṃgraha manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Tarkasaṃgraha

112465_V042A_4217_CS

"A concise introduction to Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika written by Annaṃbhaṭṭa in 1623 ce, showing how the universe can be analyzed through natural language. The manuscript contains a...

Dravyaguṇaśataślokī manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Dravyaguṇaśataślokī

112530_V039A_4213_CS

"An incomplete manuscript on Vaidyaśāstra by Trimalla Bhaṭṭa (1600–1650), who belonged to a Brāhmaṇa family in Kāsī. This text on classical Indian pharmacology is also kn...

Amarakośa manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Amarakośa

112469_V045A_4216_CS

"A work of lexicography by Amarasiṁha (active 500 c.), containing synonyms for different categories of words. It is divided into three kāṇḍas, svargādikāṇḍa, bhuvargādikā...

Rasamañjarī manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Rasamañjarī

112452_V040A_4214_CS

"An incomplete manuscript on alaṅkāras by Bhānudatta Miśra from Mithila (1350–1450). The text discusses rasas in Sanskrit literature."

Hayagrīvastotra manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Hayagrīvastotra

112411_V016A_4206_CS

"A stotra text to Hayagrīva by Vedāntadeśika. Hayagrīva is a Hindu deity, an incarnation of Viṣṇu. The author Vedāntadeśika is also known as Veṅkaṭanātha. He was born in...

Laghujātaka manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Laghujātaka

112424_V020A_4110_CS

"This is a Jyotiṣa text by Varāhamihira (550 ce). It has 13 adhyāyas with an upasaṃhāra adhyāya in the end. It has a commentary Śiṣyahitā by Bhaṭṭotpala, and was translat...

Sudarśanaśataka manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Sudarśanaśataka

112423_V019A_4209_CS

"A 101-verse gnomic poem by Kūranārāyaṇa, also known as Kūreśa or Nārāyaṇa Sarvajña Cūḍāmaṇi. The colophon says Dūrgāmiśra the scribe completed the text for Rāmakiṅkaradā...