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Candraloka manuscript preview TUCL

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Candraloka

EAP1023/20/5

Pradyotana Miśra’s commentary (prakāśa) on the Candraloka by Pīyūṣavarṣa Jayadeva (c. 1200–1250), composed in 1583 ce. The colophon describes the author as ‘sakalaśāstra...

Mātṛkā pūjā Prayoga manuscript preview TUCL

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Mātṛkā pūjā Prayoga

EAP1023/20/4

A handbook on the puja to matṛkā-s (mother goddesses) offered as part of abhyudāyika śrāddha or ritual offerings to ancestors made on celebratory occasions.

Campū Kāvya manuscript preview TUCL

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Campū Kāvya

EAP1023/20/3

This is the Prahlādacampū by Keśava Bhaṭṭa, which tells the story of Prahlāda in a mixture of prose and verse (campū) in five stavaka-s (chapters).

Mahāvastu manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Mahāvastu

ark:/12148/btv1b100912925

A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narrratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhi...

Bhāgavatapurāṇa manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa

ark:/12148/btv1b10082813m

Also known as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, this promotes bhakti towards Kṛṣṇa. The manuscript contains a part of the third chapter (only 33rd sub-chapter) of the Bhāg...

Bhāgavatapurāṇa manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa

ark:/12148/btv1b10090670m

Also known as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, this promotes bhakti towards Kṛṣṇa. The manuscript has only chapter 12th of the Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa and also includes a c...