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3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A Dharmaśāstra text explains various dāna (donative) rituals along with their purposes and benefits. The text quotes many Purāṇas and Dharmaśāstra texts. The author of th...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This text describes the rituals that need to be followed by a man who has gone to a foreign country and spent over 12 years there. Upon his return, he performs the ritual...
University of Pennsylvania
1699–1706 Śaka Saṃvat (1777–1784 CE)
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A treatise on Dharmaśāstra composed in 221 verses, ascribed to Dakṣa. While the printed version of the text contains seven chapters, this manuscript includes only three,...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a Dharmaśāstra nibandha text that describes the Hindu saṃskāras Caulaprayoga (also known as Cūḍākaraṇa) and Upanayana, cites Āśvalāyana; Vasiṣtha; Saṃskārakaustub...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This appears to be the index section of a comprehensive ritual text. It includes a list of deities, associated mantras, and the contents of four chapters, which are refer...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A Dharmaśāstra text composed in 16 prakāśas (chapters) by the King of Bundelkhand, Pṛthvīcandra, son of Nāgamalla. The author was honorifically titled Kalikālakarṇapratāp...
University of Pennsylvania
1752 Śaka Saṃvat (1830 CE)
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A Dharmaśāstra text composed in 16 prakāśas (chapters) by the King of Bundelkhand, Pṛthvīcandra, son of Nāgamalla. The author was honorifically titled Kalikālakarṇapratāp...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
112651_V126A_4300_CS
There appear to be two works. The first is on Vaiṣṇava rituals. The second begins at folio 7a and cites texts that deal with Jyotiṣa-śāstra (Jyotiṣārṇava, Jyottarasaṃhitā...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
112642_V120A_4294_CS
This text is ascribed to Kātyāyana. There are 23 folios (1–14, 16–21, 23, 25, rest missing). There are two folia numbered 11, which repeat all but the opening lines of 12...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
112635_V118A_4292_CS
An incomplete Dharmaśāstra text composed by Gobhila. The main text is a pariśiṣṭa in nine chapters, mentioned by Raghunandana in Tithitattva. The author of the Bhāṣya (ca...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
112631_V117A_4291_CS
An incomplete Dharmaśāstra text composed by Vācaspati Miśra (1450–1480) of Mithilā. It deals with the 18 titles of law (vyavahārapadas), ending with dattāpradānikam and b...
University of Copenhagen
Date not listed
112595_V104A_4278_CS
An incomplete Dharmaśāstra text by Śrīdhara. The title and author are conjectured from the first folio, where the abbreviation in the upper left-hand corner is ‘jalo,’ su...