Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1934 Vikrama Saṃvat, 1799 Śaka Saṃvat (1877 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
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
1729 Śaka Saṃvat (1807 CE)
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A prayoga text based on the Baudhāyana-Kalpasūtra, this work, composed by Bhairava-tilaka, discusses Vedic rituals—particularly the paddhatis and vratas related to Āruṇak...
University of Pennsylvania
1903 Vikrama Saṃvat, 1768 Śaka Saṃvat (1846 CE)
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Ādityahṛdaya is a text in praise of the sun deity Āditya also called Sūrya. It is the 106th Sarga (part) according to the Colophon (f.2b). This Sarga is part of the s...
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...