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Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra manuscript preview

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Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra

eap_79015004

It appears that the manuscript is part of a larger work and contains several Buddhist texts. The recto side of the first folio contains a colophon of the Pratisarāstuti o...

Bhīmasenadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Bhīmasenadhāraṇī

eap_79015003

This is a dhāraṇī composed in 35 verses dedicated to Bhima, second of the five Paṇḍava brothers, who vowed to kill Duśśāsana, a key antagonist in the Mahābhārata. "Bhīmas...

Vasudharā-vratakathā manuscript preview

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Vasudharā-vratakathā

eap_79015002

A vrata text describes the story of the Buddhist deity Vasudhārā. The manuscript contains an illustration of the deity Vasudhārā on folio 1b.

Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī manuscript preview

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Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī

eap_79021047

This is a Dhāraṇī (spell) text, describes several mantras related to Mahāpratyaṅgirā, a deity in the Tantric Buddhist pantheon.

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa)

eap_79021046

This is a commentry text of Rāmāyaṇa Tilaka, written by Śrīrāma Śarman, on Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa by Ṛṣi Vālmīki. It has seven chapters (kāṇḍa) including; Bāla Kāṇḍa; Ayodhyā K...

Kārtika Māhātmya manuscript preview

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Kārtika Māhātmya

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This text is the part of Padma Purāṇa. It refers to the glories of the month of Kārtika, which is considered the holiest month in the Hindu lunar calendar. According to V...

Nirṇayāmṛta manuscript preview

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Nirṇayāmṛta

eap_79021044

This is a commentry text of Hindu jurisprudence and ritual law digest text, Nirṇayāmṛta pañjikā written by Sūryasen mahīmahendra, on Nirṇayāmṛta by Allāḍanātha. Pañjikā i...

Śrī Rāma Kavacam manuscript preview

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Śrī Rāma Kavacam

eap_79021043

This is a stotra text of Trailokyamohana Kavacam or Śrī Rāma Kavacam is a powerful protective hymn found within the Rudrayāmala Tantra. It is framed as an Umā-Maheśvara S...

Aparokṣānubhuti manuscript preview

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Aparokṣānubhuti

eap_79021041

This is a Vedānta philosophical commentry text of Aparokṣānubhuti tika Dīpikā written by Vidyaraṇyamuni on Aparokṣānubhuti written by Śankarācāryā. The word Aparokṣānubhū...

Cākṣuṣopaniṣad manuscript preview

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Cākṣuṣopaniṣad

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The Cakṣuṣopaniṣada also known as the Cakṣuṣmatī Vidyā or Akṣikopaniṣad or Akṣyupaniṣad or Netropaniṣad is a small but potent text found in the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda. The Upani...

Śiva Stotra manuscript preview

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Śiva Stotra

eap_79021039

This is a stotra text from Padma Purāṇa Pātāla khaṇḍa, in the context of the post-war rituals and the atonement for the sin of killing Rāvaṇa, Rāma returned and establish...