Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/6
A text on charitable donations of cows and other livestock (‘godānādi’), describing the good to be accrued from each.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082507v
A composite manuscript on rules of inheritance, penance and Hindu law.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082778z
Popularly known as the Manusmṛiti, it is attributed to the legendary first man and lawgiver ‘Manu’, and is the most authoritative text of dharmaśāstra or Hindu law. It wa...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100827834
A collection of five smṛti texts: Vasiṣṭhasmṛti, Hārītasmṛti, Vṛddhahārītasmṛti, Bṛhaspatismṛti, and Viṣṇusmṛti. A title folio gives the name of the texts in order, as we...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082727f
Popularly known as the Manusmṛiti, this is attributed to the legendary first man and lawgiver ‘Manu’, and was regarded as the most authoritative works of dharmaśāstra. It...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082782p
The text documents a series of conflicts between Brāhmaṇas and Kāyastha Prabhus in Maharastra regarding the performance of Hindu ritual, and how it was resolved. Keśava P...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b53148233t
A paddhati text on rituals of śrāddha that describes the offerings to departed ancestors.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b100825551
An incomplete Dharmaśāstra work by Śārṅgadhara (c. 13th century, the period of the ruler Hammīra with whose court he is associated).
TUCL
TUCL
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EAP1023/15/9
A manual on abhyudāyika śrāddha, or ritual offerings to ancestors made at weddings, births and other celebrations.
TUCL
Saṃvat 1933 (1876 ce.)
EAP1023/15/6
This describes how a person who dies in Kāśī achieves instant liberation. The author is Sureśvarācharya, the manuscript is dated 1933 Vikram Saṃvat/1876 ce.
TUCL
Śaka 1720 (1798 ce.)
EAP1023/15/4
A manual for the performance of the śrāddha ceremony for ancestors without ‘piṇḍa’ (rice balls)