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Brahmāṇḍamaṇḍala manuscript preview

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Brahmāṇḍamaṇḍala

eap_67602035

In the last folio of the the manuscript the picture of circle is drawn manually and in thr first two Folios contain the picture of half- circle. On thr four side of circl...

Reṇukāsahasranāmastotra manuscript preview

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Reṇukāsahasranāmastotra

eap_79021100

The Reṇukāsahasranāmastotra is an important Purāṇic text containing the 1,000 names of Goddess Reṇukā. In mythology, Reṇukā is the wife of the great Sage Jamadagni and th...

Varāha Purāṇa manuscript preview

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Varāha Purāṇa

eap_79021058

The Varāha Purāṇa is one of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas and is primarily a Vaiṣṇava text. It takes its name from the Varāha Avatāra (the Boar incarnation of Viṣṇu), who resc...

Venopākhyāna manuscript preview

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Venopākhyāna

eap_79021053

The Venopākhyāna (the episode of King Vena) is primarily located in the Padma Purāṇa, Bhūmi-khaṇḍa specifically spanning chapters 30 to 38. While the core narrative of th...

Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa manuscript preview

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Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

eap_79021033

This is a Purāṇa literature text of Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa attribuited to Vyāsa. It is a classic Puranic structure of a conversation involving Sūta (specifically Lomaharṣaṇa) a...

Brahmāṇḍottara purāṇa manuscript preview

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Brahmāṇḍottara purāṇa

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The Brahmāṇḍottara Purāṇa is a significant text that is traditionally categorized as the latter portion (Uttara Bhāga) of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, one of the 18 Major Purāṇa...

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa manuscript preview

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Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa

eap_79021017

Chapters are: Mārkaṇḍeyopasthāna (f.1b-3a); pakṣisutāti (f.3a-5a); pakṣijanma (f.5a-7b); caturvyūhāvatāra (f.7b-9a); indravikrivā (f.9a-10a); sixth chapter (f.10a-11a); p...

Devīmāhātmya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Devīmāhātmya

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A māhātmya text that is part of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, praising the Mother Goddess (Devī). Though this text belongs to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, it is also regarded as an in...

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara

ms_coll_390item_1964

A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. Although the colophon of the manuscript is missing, and theref...

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara

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A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. This text, composed in 49 verses, is presented as a dialogue b...