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Saddharmasaṃrakṣaṇa manuscript preview

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Saddharmasaṃrakṣaṇa

eap_67602026

First folio is almost illegible. Perhaps the title of the text Saddharmasamraksanam is noted but the writing is faded out. In the second image 1 is noted but that folio i...

Gaṇeśakathā manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Gaṇeśakathā

ms_coll_390item_2659

Gaṇeśakathā is a text written in a story format. It is centered around the popular legend of the elephant headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa who is known as the remover of ob...

Bulabula manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Bulabula

ms_coll_390item_1914

Bulabula is a text that describes 16 different kind of birds with the help of closely accurate, illustrated and multi coloured drawings. The text also give omens associat...

Bābā-Ādamamantra manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Bābā-Ādamamantra

112193_V032A_4200_CS

"A series of mantras, seemingly particular to Bābā-ādama, who could have been a holy man with a biblical name (Adam). It appears to draw on popular magic and has differen...

MS Hindi 442 manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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MS Hindi 442

MS Hindi 442

Gutakā soft buff (and green) papers, no cover incomplete, lacks outer folios. This is the composite manuscript.