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Tithivicāra manuscript preview

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Tithivicāra

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The manuscript is incomplete, with the opening folio and one or two folios after folio 9A missing. It contains a wide range of astrological and ritual subjects arranged i...

Kṛtya Ratnāvalī manuscript preview

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Kṛtya Ratnāvalī

eap_79021074

The Kṛtya Ratnāvalī is an important Dharmaśāstra and Nibandha text. , composed by Rāmacandra Bhaṭṭa. This text is a compilation of rules extracted from various Purāṇas an...

Brāhmaṇasarvasva manuscript preview

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Brāhmaṇasarvasva

eap_79021050

The Brāhmaṇa Sarvasva is a sanskrit text on vedic rituals composed by Halāyudha Bhaṭṭa (He served as the Dharmādhikārin (Chief Justice/Minister of Religion) under King La...

Śāntisāra manuscript preview

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Śāntisāra

eap_79021051

This is a medieval Hindu ritual text. The colophon describes the genealogy of the author as: Dinakarabhaṭṭa son of Rāmakṛṣṇabhṭṭa, son of Nārāyaṇabhṭṭa, son of Rameśvarab...

Navagraha Dāna Vidhi manuscript preview

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Navagraha Dāna Vidhi

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This is a ritual text of Navagraha Dāna Vidhi. It describes about mahāmrityuñjaya dāna and navagraha dāna after the dāna ritual it is said about the result of the donatio...

Nirṇayāmṛta manuscript preview

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Nirṇayāmṛta

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This is a commentry text of Hindu jurisprudence and ritual law digest text, Nirṇayāmṛta pañjikā written by Sūryasen mahīmahendra, on Nirṇayāmṛta by Allāḍanātha. Pañjikā i...

Gaṅgāsnānaviddhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Gaṅgāsnānaviddhi

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This is a Dharmaśāstra vidhi or ritual text. Gaṅgāsnānavidhi literally means the "Rules and procedure for bathing in the Ganges. The text describes bathing at the pilgrim...

Dharmmaśāstrasmṛti manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Dharmmaśāstrasmṛti

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A small Dharmaśāstra treatise composed in 85 verses is attributed to Aṅgiras. The manuscript contains only the prāyaścitta section. The text is also found in different ve...

Dharmasindhusāra (Pariccheda 3) manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1886 Vikrama Saṃvat (1829 CE)

Dharmasindhusāra (Pariccheda 3)

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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...

Dharmasindhu (Pariccheda 2) manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1780 Śaka Saṃvat (1858 CE), 1918 Vikrama Saṃvat (1861 CE)

Dharmasindhu (Pariccheda 2)

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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...

Dharmasindhu (Pariccheda 1) manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1780 Śaka Saṃvat (1858 CE), 1918 Vikrama Saṃvat (1861 CE)

Dharmasindhu (Pariccheda 1)

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A Dharmaśāstra text composed by Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya (or Bābā Pādhye) in 1790–91, divided into three chapters (pariccheda), follows the Nirṇayasindhu model. The present ma...