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Dvādaśīkalpa, Ekādaśīvratamāhātmya manuscript preview TUCL

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Dvādaśīkalpa, Ekādaśīvratamāhātmya

EAP790/21/88

A manual on fasting and other observances on Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī. The first part has Ekādaśīvratamāhātmya, said to be from the Bhaviśya Purāṇa (‘iti Bhaviṣya Purāṇa ekāda...

Naiṣadhacarita manuscript preview TUCL

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Naiṣadhacarita

EAP790/21/68

A mahākāvya authored by Śrīharṣa in the 12th century based on the story of Nala, king of Niṣadha. The manuscript contains 10 of 12 chapters and is dated Nepal Saṃvat 778...

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa

EAP790/21/64

A Vedantic interpretation of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, told as a dialogue (saṃvād) between Umā and Maheśvara. Its seven kāṇda-s correspond to those of Vālmīki; this manuscrip...

Kṛṣṇajanmakathā manuscript preview TUCL

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Kṛṣṇajanmakathā

EAP790/21/93

This gives the birth story of Śrī Kṛṣṇa from the tenth skandha of Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa (it covers three chapters).

Kālikā Purāṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Kālikā Purāṇa

EAP790/21/31

This is one of the 18 upapurāṇa-s and is also called Kālikā tantra

Shaktyarcana and Sri Guru Stava manuscript preview TUCL

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Shaktyarcana and Sri Guru Stava

EAP1023/21/9

It has two texts Shaktyarcana and Sri Guru Stava. This is a Shaiva Stotra in Sanskrit and Pracalit Newari script. This Stotra belongs to Rudrayamala Tantra.

Prabodhacandrodaya manuscript preview TUCL

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Prabodhacandrodaya

EAP1023/19/13

Excerpt from the 11th-century Sanskrit drama by Kṛṣṇamiśra depicting the battle between Mahāmoha (‘great delusion’) and Viveka (‘discrimination) in the mind of man (Puruṣ...

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...

Gaṇḍavyūha manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Gaṇḍavyūha

ark:/12148/btv1b10082922z

A Buddhist Mahāyāna Sūtra dated to c. 200 to 300 CE. It chronicles the journey of Sudhana who encounters various teachings and Bodhisattvas until he reaches full circle a...