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Amarakośa manuscript preview

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Amarakośa

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Amarakośa, also known as the Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, is a celebrated Sanskrit lexicon traditionally attributed to Amarasiṃha. The extant portion of the manuscript contains the...

Vyākaraṇa manuscript preview

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Vyākaraṇa

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The manuscript pertains to Sanskrit grammar (Vyākaraṇa) and deals with grammatical categories such as gender, indeclinables, case endings, and kārakas. The extant portion...

Vaidyaka-prayoga-saṃgraha manuscript preview

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Vaidyaka-prayoga-saṃgraha

eap_10231058

The manuscript, marked in the margin with the abbreviation “Vai.dya.” (probably denoting Vaidya), appears to belong to the tradition of Ayurvedic practical literature. Th...

Mantra-saṃgraha manuscript preview

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Mantra-saṃgraha

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The extant text consists of repetitive invocatory formulae beginning with “Oṃ namo daśadig-anantā …” and paying homage to the Buddhas established throughout the infinite...

Rasaśāstra Cikitsā manuscript preview

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Rasaśāstra Cikitsā

eap_10231056

The manuscript is written in a vernacular language, apparently Old Nepali with possible Newari influence, and contains procedural instructions for the preparation of subs...

Mādhavanidāna manuscript preview

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Mādhavanidāna

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Mādhavanidāna (Rogaviniścaya) is a celebrated Ayurvedic treatise attributed to Mādhavakara, dealing with the diagnosis and classification of diseases. The extant portion...

Gadadarpaṇa manuscript preview

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Gadadarpaṇa

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Gadadarpaṇa (गददर्पण) is a concise treatise on Ayurveda dealing primarily with diagnosis and preliminary examination of diseases. The work opens with an invocation to Lor...

Cikitsā, Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā manuscript preview

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Cikitsā, Bhaiṣajya-kalpanā

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An anonymous Ayurvedic formulary dealing with therapeutics and pharmaceutical preparations. The extant portion contains numerous recipes in which the disease is first spe...