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Meghasūtra manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Meghasūtra

ark:/12148/btv1b100829202

This Mahāyāna text (sometimes translated as the ‘cloud sermon’) records the Buddha teaching the Nāgarājas (serpent kings) rites to invoke rain through the power of dhāraṇ...

Amarakośa manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Amarakośa

ark:/12148/btv1b531948768

A commentary on the Amarakośa of Amarasiṃha by Bhānujī Dīkṣita, also known as Rāmāśramin. He was the son of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita. The manuscript covers the first kāṇḍa (Vāri...

Jain Breviary manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Jain Breviary

ark:/12148/btv1b53170439f

A collection of texts from Jaina Digambara dogmatics and ritual: Tattvārtha-sūtra; Bīsa-tīrthaṅkara-pūjā; Siddha-cakra-pūjā; Ṣoḍaśa-kāraṇa-pūjā; Daśalākṣanī-pūjā; Ratna-t...

Rasikajīvana manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Rasikajīvana

ark:/12148/btv1b10083999b

A kāvya text by Gadādhara Bhaṭṭa (1650), son of Gaurīpati and grandson of Dāmodara Bhaṭṭa. The manuscript was edited and published by P. Regnaud in 1884.

Reṇukāsahasranāma manuscript preview TUCL

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Reṇukāsahasranāma

EAP790/21/100

Reṇukā is a Hindu goddess worshipped predominantly in Maharashtra and the south. This text is derived from the Skandapurāṇa. The scribe is Gaṇeśadatta Śarmaṇ.

Saṅkaṭāsahasranāma manuscript preview TUCL

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Saṅkaṭāsahasranāma

EAP790/21/99

This text is derived from the Mahākālasaṃhita. It has 160 verses dedicated to Goddess Saṅkaṭā, a form of Śakti. The manuscript is dated Saṃvat 1983.