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Saṅkalpa Śrāddha Vidhi manuscript preview TUCL

Śaka 1720 (1798 ce.)

Saṅkalpa Śrāddha Vidhi

EAP1023/15/4

A manual for the performance of the śrāddha ceremony for ancestors without ‘piṇḍa’ (rice balls)

Lakṣavarttī Māhātmya manuscript preview TUCL

Date not listed

Lakṣavarttī Māhātmya

EAP1023/15/3

This tells the story underlying the Lakṣavarttī ritual which women perform by lighting wicks for 1,00,000 lamps.

Dharmatattva manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Date not listed

Dharmatattva

EAP1296/2/94

This is a Dharmaśāstra text divided into 10 sections: Vrata, Dāna, Karmavipāka, Śānti, Pūrta, Ācāra, Vyavahāra, Prāyaścitta, Śūdradharma, Tīrthavidhi.

Acalābhiśeka manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Saṃvat - 1957 Śaka - 1822 Nepala Saṃvat - 1020 (1900 ce.)

Acalābhiśeka

EAP1296/2/12

This describes Buddhist rituals and consecretion rites offered to Acala.