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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...

Daśakriyā manuscript preview

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Daśakriyā

eap_67601001

The text begins with “Om Namaḥ Śrī Vajrasattvāya.” Thereafter, the procedure of the Daśakriyāvidhi (ten funeral rites) is described. In the section on Asthipratiṣṭhāvidhi...

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

eap_79021044

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...

Tīrthacintāmaṇi manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Tīrthacintāmaṇi

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A Dharmaśāstra text describes the importance of ceremonies observed during pilgrimages to Prayāga, Puruṣottamakṣetra, Gayā, the Ganges, and Benares, composed by Vācaspati...

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...