Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is the 12th of 18 parvas. Traditionally it has three subparvas: Rājadharma, Apaddharma-anusasana and Mokṣadharma, but this manuscript includes Dānadharma. The text d...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Popularly known as the Manusmṛiti, it is attributed to the legendary first man and lawgiver ‘Manu’, and is the most authoritative text of dharmaśāstra or Hindu law. It wa...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Also known as the Purva Mimamsa Sutras, these give rules for interpretating the Vedas and philosophical justifications for the observance of Vedic ritual. It seems that t...
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A dramatised retelling of the Ramayana attributed to Murari and dated to the ninth century. The play has little action, but was widely cited for its poetic and grammatica...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A composite manuscript with two texts on Sanskrit grammar.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100827137
An ākhyāyikā kāvya that tells stories from the life of king Harṣavadhana of Sthāṇvīśvara by Bāṇabhaṭṭa (570–650), whose patron was King Harṣavardhana (606–648) of Sthāṇvī...
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This commentary on Durgasiṃha’s Kātantradhātupātṭha was composed in 1546 by Ramānāthaśarman Rāyi, son of Vedagarbha Tarkācārya.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A treatise on medicine by Rāmacandra of the Guha family.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Sanskrit vyākaraṇa text that gives a metrical compilation of verbal roots (dhātupāṭha), arranged according to their endings. The author is Vopadeva (1250–1300), son of...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A commentary on Sūryasiddhāntabhāṣya of Nṛsiṃha Deva (son of Kṛṣṇadaivajña of Golagrāma near Godāvarī) by Raṅganātha, son of Ballāla and Gogi. The text gives detailed cal...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100828231
The Sanskrit text in Bangla script describes various vratas, and the māhātmyas of auspicious places. It has 36 chapters (khaṇḍa).
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A long series of fervent erotic verses on Kṛṣṇalīlā taken from Vaiṣṇava dramas. It is ascribed to the Vaiṣṇava philosopher Rūpagosvāmin.