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Ratnāvalīsāra (Homaratna) manuscript preview

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Ratnāvalīsāra (Homaratna)

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The Homa Ratna is a technical ritual manual dedicated to the performance of Vedic and Tantric fire sacrifices (Homa). It is frequently attributed to Gaurīdatta Kauśika. T...

Varāha Purāṇa manuscript preview

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Varāha Purāṇa

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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...

Guhyakāli Aṣṭottaraśatanāma manuscript preview

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Guhyakāli Aṣṭottaraśatanāma

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The Guhyakāli Aṣṭottaraśatanāma is a Tantric hymn consisting of the 108 names of Guhya Kāli. In the Nepal region particularly within the Newar Vajrayāna and Hindu Tantric...

Siddhānta Kaumudī manuscript preview

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Siddhānta Kaumudī

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The Siddhānta Kaumudī a sanskrit vyākaraṇa text composed by Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita in the 17th century, it revolutionized the study of Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī. The work is divided...

Venopākhyāna manuscript preview

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Venopākhyāna

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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...

Nepāla Māhātmya manuscript preview

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Nepāla Māhātmya

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The Nepāla Māhātmya is a foundational religious and geographical text that glorifies the sacred sites, rivers, and legends of the Kathmandu Valley and its surroundings. I...

Brāhmaṇasarvasva manuscript preview

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Brāhmaṇasarvasva

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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

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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...