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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...
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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...
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...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
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...
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
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Iṣkadariyāva
113129_M133A_4162_CS
"Poetry by Rasarāsa on the romance during Holi. The language is a hybrid of Hindi and Urdu."
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Mithyātakhaṇḍananāṭika
ark:/12148/btv1b53164709d
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
Date not listed
Saptaśatibanda
ark:/12148/btv1b53157023m
The text describes the glory of Devi who destroys Caṇḍa, Muṇḍa and other demons.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Naukārabālāvabodha
ark:/12148/btv1b53148228n
A Jain text from Gujarat. Bālāvabodha texts were written to educate laypeople about the Jinas.
Wellcome Collection
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Śālihotra
MS Hindi 444
An incomplete copy of a work describing equine diseases and their treatment, with unfinished sketches of horses