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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains thousand names in praise of goddess Bhuvaneśvarī.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains stotras in praise of goddess Śītalā.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A collection of texts on lexicography and grammar, the first four of which are by Hemacandra. The first discusses gender. The second is dated to 1435 amd discusses indecl...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Jaina text with its commentary, written in question-answer mode. Both text and commentary are in Sanskrit.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The story of Sāvitrī forms the basis of a ritual (vrata) that women perform for their husband’s health and longevity. The text describes the ritual performed before a vat...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A text which shows tantric influences and contains mantras for the worship of Rāma, Sītā and others. The text mentions the meter of the mantras.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Anekārthadhvanimañjarī (first eight folios) is a lexicographic text. 39 The Abhidhānacintāmaṇi is a major lexicon compiled by Hemacandra, it is accompanied by a commentar...
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This is from the Ādipurāṇa, a ninth-century Sanskrit text by Jinasena on the life of Rishabhanatha, the first Jain Tirthankara.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A philosophical dialogue between Śuka and Rambhā.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Tarpaṇa, a term that goes back to practices derived Vedic, refers to ritual offerings of water and black sesame seeds.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A tantra text containing mantras and charts, and a description of the dīpadānavidhi, or lamp-offering ritual.
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A text on the Jain model of 'sevenfold predication', based on an understanding of knowledge as relative. The opening is torn