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Tarpaṇa Vidhi manuscript preview TUCL

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Tarpaṇa Vidhi

EAP1023/20/17

A manual on ceremonial offerings to departed ancestors (single folio).

Vāgmatīstava manuscript preview TUCL

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Vāgmatīstava

EAP1023/20/24

A stotra (praise poem) to the Bagmati River, said to be from the Himavat Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa, and composed by Pradyumna (two and a half folios)

Prabodhacandrodaya manuscript preview TUCL

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Prabodhacandrodaya

EAP1023/20/23

A Sanskrit play of the 11th century, describing the awakening of Puruṣa from the delusions (moha) associated with lust, anger, greed and ego (kāma, krodha, lobha, ahaṃkār...

Lalitākhyāna manuscript preview TUCL

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Lalitākhyāna

EAP1023/20/19

The Lalitākhyāna/Lalitopākhyāna from the Brahmāṇḍottara Purāṇa (Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa; apparently a later addition) tells the story of goddess Lalitā as a dialog...

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa

EAP1023/20/18

The Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa] with all its four pāda-s—Prakriyā, Anuṣaṅga, Upodghāta and Upasaṃhāra—that narrate the story of creation, of gods and ṛiṣis, and co...

Karṇa Bhedha manuscript preview TUCL

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Karṇa Bhedha

EAP1023/20/15

A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)

Gayatrī Japa Vidhana manuscript preview TUCL

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Gayatrī Japa Vidhana

EAP1023/20/14

A manual on reciting the Gāyatrī Mantra (or Sāvitrī Mantra), a mantra dedicated to the sun from the Ṛgveda, composed in the Vedic meter Gāyatrī.