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Nāṭyaśāstra manuscript preview

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Nāṭyaśāstra

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Nāṭyaśāstra is a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts. The text is attributed to sage Bharat. Though in this text name of the Bharata is not mentioned anywhere. As we...

Naukātaraṅginī manuscript preview

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Naukātaraṅginī

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This is an Alaṃkāra-śāstra Naukākhyāyam. The text is a commentry on Bhānudatta's Rasataraṅgiṇī. Bhānudatta uses Nyāya for his Poetics and Rasataraṅgiṇī means the waves of...

Rasika-rañjanī manuscript preview

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Rasika-rañjanī

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This is an poetic text, Rasikarañjanī composed by Bhaṭṭācārya Veṇīdattaśarmāvāgīśa son of Viśvesvara which is a commentry on Bhānudatta’s Rasataraṅgiṇī. The contains Alam...

Sūryaśataka manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Sūryaśataka

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A poem in praise of the sun god, composed in 100 verses and attributed to Mayūra (c. 580–650 CE). Mayūra was a contemporary of King Harṣa and Bāṇabhaṭṭa. Recitation of th...

Bodhicaryāvatāra manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Bodhicaryāvatāra

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The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...