Manuscript Digital Library

Browse the Archive

3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world

12 Manuscripts shown
3,024 Total manuscripts
39 Collections
11 Languages represented

Archive Results

Showing 25-36 of 3024 manuscripts

Gadadarpaṇa manuscript preview

Date not listed

Gadadarpaṇa

eap_10231054

Gadadarpaṇa (गददर्पण) is a concise treatise on Ayurveda dealing primarily with diagnosis and preliminary examination of diseases. The work opens with an invocation to Lor...

Cikitsā, Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā manuscript preview

Date not listed

Cikitsā, Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā

eap_10231053

An anonymous Ayurvedic formulary dealing with therapeutics and pharmaceutical preparations. The extant portion contains numerous recipes in which the disease is first spe...

Cikitsā and Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā manuscript preview

Date not listed

Cikitsā and Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā

eap_10231052

An anonymous Ayurvedic formulary dealing with pharmaceutical preparations and therapeutics. The extant portion records numerous medicinal recipes in which the disease is...

Rasaśāstra, Cikitsā manuscript preview

Date not listed

Rasaśāstra, Cikitsā

eap_10231051

An anonymous Ayurvedic formulary belonging to the tradition of Rasaśāstra and therapeutics. The extant portion contains numerous medicinal preparations in which the disea...

Yogasaṃgraha manuscript preview

Date not listed

Yogasaṃgraha

eap_10231050

An anonymous Ayurvedic formulary dealing with the treatment of various diseases through compound medicinal preparations. The extant portion records numerous recipes in wh...

Madanapāla-nighaṇṭu manuscript preview

Date not listed

Madanapāla-nighaṇṭu

eap_10231049

An anonymous Ayurvedic treatise on materia medica dealing with the properties and therapeutic actions of medicinal substances. The extant portion describes the qualities...

Lakṣacaitya-dharma manuscript preview

Date not listed

Lakṣacaitya-dharma

eap_10231048

An anonymous Buddhist narrative text dealing with the merits associated with the worship and construction of caityas. The extant portion centres on Vasubandhu Bodhisattva...

Viśvantara Rājakumāra Kathā manuscript preview

Date not listed

Viśvantara Rājakumāra Kathā

eap_10231047

An anonymous Buddhist narrative text belonging to the Avadāna or Jātaka tradition. The extant portion recounts episodes concerning Prince Viśvantara (Vessantara), son of...

Amarakośa manuscript preview

Date not listed

Amarakośa

eap_10231046

An anonymous lexicographical work arranged according to thematic groups (varga). The extant portion records synonyms relating to roads and paths, towns and cities, market...

Sārasvati manuscript preview

Date not listed

Sārasvati

eap_10231045

Sārasvatavyākaraṇa, traditionally attributed to Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, is a concise treatise on Sanskrit grammar intended for elementary instruction. The extant portion co...

Rugviniścaya manuscript preview

Date not listed

Rugviniścaya

eap_10231044

Rugviniścaya (Mādhavanidāna) is a celebrated Ayurvedic treatise on pathology and diagnosis composed by Mādhavakara, son of Indukara. The extant portion contains sections...

Āyurveda (Cikitsā and Nidāna) manuscript preview

Date not listed

Āyurveda (Cikitsā and Nidāna)

eap_10231043

An anonymous Ayurvedic medical compendium beginning with an invocation to Lord Dhanvantari. The manuscript contains prescriptions and therapeutic procedures for poisoning...