Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1701 Śaka Saṃvat (1779 CE)
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Aśaucanirṇaya is a text by Tryaṃbaka Paṇḍita which deals with ritualistic purification from impurites particularly believed to be caused from a women giving birth, fr...
University of Pennsylvania
1708 Śaka Saṃvat (1786 CE)
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A Dharmaśāstra text ascribed to Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita. This work discusses impurities, especially those related to pregnancy. Several texts with the same title have been found...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A Tantra text that explains the āsana (offering a seat to the deity) rituals for invoking the Mother Goddess, especially forms of Durgā. This manuscript also details the...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A kāvya text composed in 108 verses in the āryā metre, praising Lord Rāma, authored by Mudgalabhaṭṭa. This manuscript includes a commentary written by the author himself....
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A kāvya text composed by Govardhana, the court poet of King Lakṣmaṇasena (1179–1205 CE), a ruler from the Sena dynasty of Bengal. The poet is closely associated with the...
University of Pennsylvania
1760–1761
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This Hindu ritual text discusses the vidhi (procedure) and vrata (vow) performed in honor of Arundhatī, a Puranic figure and the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha. According to t...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This Hindu ritual text discusses the vidhi (procedure) and vrata (vow) in honor of Arundhati, a Puranic figure who was the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha. In traditional belie...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a commentary on the Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa, the fourth chapter (kāṇḍa) of the Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa, composed by Maheśvaratīrtha and titled Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā. The commentat...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a Bālakāṇḍa (first chapter) text of the Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki. The manuscript refers to the text as Ārṣarāmāyaṇa, a title commonly used for the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇ...
University of Pennsylvania
1717 Śaka Saṃvat (1795 CE)
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This is a Bālakāṇḍa (first chapter) text of the Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki. The manuscript refers to the text as Ārṣarāmāyaṇa, a title commonly used for the Yogavāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇ...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a commentary on the Āraṇyakāṇḍa, third chapter (kāṇḍa) of the Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa by Maheśvaratīrtha, titled Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā. The commentator was a pupil of Nā...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a ritual manual that describes the mantras and the process of worshiping Lord Sūrya. The title of the text means "offering water," and this offering is dedicated...