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Rasaratnākara manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Rasaratnākara

MS Sanskrit beta 359

Authored by Nityanātha Siddha son of Pārvatī, this is a verse work on alchemy and metallic medicines used in Āyurveda. It has only two out of five chapters, Rasa and asen...

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā

MS Sanskrit gamma 45

This seventh-century text of Āyurveda synthesized the work of Ćaraka and Suśruta to give a clear formulation of illness (as imbalance of the humours), and was used as a t...

Aṣṭasāhasrikā Sūtra manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Aṣṭasāhasrikā Sūtra

MS Sanskrit epsilon 1

A 12th-century manuscript from Nepal of one of the foundational texts of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It contains 8,000 sutras on the practice for perfecting wisdom.

Niśvāsākhyamahātantra manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Niśvāsākhyamahātantra

MS Hindi (Indic) gamma 607

"This is a Śaiva-tantra text.: a pratiṣṭhā text which describes the consecration of the Śiva-liṅga and shrine construction. This manuscript was written in Nepal. The colo...

Aśvacikitsā manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Aśvacikitsā

MS Hindi (Indic) beta 430

This text describes various diseases of horses and their treatment. It gives informations about horse breeds and their characteristics with coloured illustrations. This m...