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Holikākathā manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Holikākathā

112749_M012A_4058_CS

This text describes Holikākathā, invoking demon goddess Ḍhuṇḍha, who is believed to have been slain by Śiva, but who received from him the boon that she would be worshipe...

Gītagovinda manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Gītagovinda

112743_M008A_4056_CS

The poem by Jayadeva (12th century) with the Rasamañjarī commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra. It contains five out of 12 sargas (cantos) of the Gītagovinda; the fifth ends with t...

Lakṣmīstotra manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Lakṣmīstotra

112739_M005A_4053_CS

This text represents a small section of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, which invokes Devi Lakṣmī. It is written in the form of a dialogue, as is common in Puranic literature.

Jagadīśaśataka manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Jagadīśaśataka

112732_M001A_4050_CS

A hundred verses on Kṛṣna, composed in the 13th century by Raghurājasiṃharāju, whose patron's name was Krshnacandra Raja Bahadur. The identity of this king is uncertain.

Kāvyaprakāśa manuscript preview TUCL

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Kāvyaprakāśa

EAP1023/19/15

A work on alaṁkāraśāstra by Mammaṭa (12th century)

Devīmāhātmya manuscript preview TUCL

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Devīmāhātmya

EAP1023/25/35

The Devi Mahatmya is a Hindu religious text describing the Goddess as the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the Markandeya Puran written sometime b...