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Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra manuscript preview

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Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra

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The Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra is a Buddhist esoteric text on magic and exorcism, detailing rituals for controlling spirits and deities under the authority of Vajrapāṇi as Bhūtaḍ...

Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī manuscript preview

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Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī

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This is a Dhāraṇī (spell) text, describes several mantras related to Mahāpratyaṅgirā, a deity in the Tantric Buddhist pantheon.

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa)

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This is a commentry text of Rāmāyaṇa Tilaka, written by Śrīrāma Śarman, on Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa by Ṛṣi Vālmīki. It has seven chapters (kāṇḍa) including; Bāla Kāṇḍa; Ayodhyā K...

Nirṇayāmṛta manuscript preview

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Nirṇayāmṛta

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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...

Śrī Rāma Kavacam manuscript preview

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Śrī Rāma Kavacam

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This is a stotra text of Trailokyamohana Kavacam or Śrī Rāma Kavacam is a powerful protective hymn found within the Rudrayāmala Tantra. It is framed as an Umā-Maheśvara S...

Aparokṣānubhuti manuscript preview

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Aparokṣānubhuti

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This is a Vedānta philosophical commentry text of Aparokṣānubhuti tika Dīpikā written by Vidyaraṇyamuni on Aparokṣānubhuti written by Śankarācāryā. The word Aparokṣānubhū...

Cākṣuṣopaniṣad manuscript preview

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Cākṣuṣopaniṣad

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The Cakṣuṣopaniṣada also known as the Cakṣuṣmatī Vidyā or Akṣikopaniṣad or Akṣyupaniṣad or Netropaniṣad is a small but potent text found in the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda. The Upani...

Śiva Stotra manuscript preview

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Śiva Stotra

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This is a stotra text from Padma Purāṇa Pātāla khaṇḍa, in the context of the post-war rituals and the atonement for the sin of killing Rāvaṇa, Rāma returned and establish...

Rudrayāmalatantra manuscript preview

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Rudrayāmalatantra

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This is a Tantra text of Paramahaṁsa paṭala on bhairava-bhairavi saṁvāda of Rudrayāmalatantra, a category of texts that emphasizes the union of Shiva (Rudra) and Shakti,...

Upanayana Paddhati manuscript preview

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Upanayana Paddhati

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The Upanayana Paddhati is a ritual manual that details the procedures for the Upanayana Saṃskāra.In Indian tradition, Saṃskāra refers to the rites of passage that purify...

Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa manuscript preview

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Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

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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...