Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
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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...
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MS Hindi 173
Composite manuscript from the 17th-century, including a manuscript on the treatment of horses composed in Mewar during the rule of Maharana Jagatsingh, and other anonymou...
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MS Tibetan 54
Xylograph The text on liberation, ‘The jewel ornament of liberation or the wish fulfilling gem of the noble doctrine’ by sGam-po-pa.
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MS Tibetan 3
Xylograph It is a biography of Milarepa by Ras-chuṅ rDo-rje Grags-pa (1083–1161).
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MS Sinhalese 397
The text narrates the valour of Rājasiṃha II in the battle against the Portuguese.
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MS Sinhalese 388
Palm-leaf manuscript of 19th century on methods of making fireworks. The quantities in the formulae are given in astrological numerals, and at times the names of chemical...
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MS Sinhalese 374
A ballad on the Ähälēpola minister whose intrigues with the British government led to the execution of his family by the last king of Kandy…..’ (Hugh Nevill Collection of...
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19th century
MS Sinhalese 349
Incomplete palm-leaf manuscript in verse and prose, technical instructions on iron smelting in Sri Lanka during the 18th century. This local industry is dead now. It is d...
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MS Sinhalese 326
An astrology text on birth chart predictions.
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late 18th century.
MS Sinhalese 277
A palm-leaf manuscript of possibly the late 18th century.
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MS Sinhalese 213
An illustrated manuscript with yantras and maṇḍalas with a short mantra.
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MS Sinhalese 130
This work covers subjects like astrological predictions, charms, medicines etc. It describes means of protection from wild animals.