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Bālagraha Stotra manuscript preview TUCL

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Bālagraha Stotra

EAP790/21/76

This contains prayers recited to mitigate the impact on children of hostile astral forces. It includes an invocation to Kārtikeya.

Sandhyāvidhi manuscript preview TUCL

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Sandhyāvidhi

EAP790/21/75

A manual on the recitation of the Gāyatrī mantra as part of evening rituals, dated 1849 CE (the margins give the abbreviation ‘Sa Vi’, while ‘Gāyatrī Vidhi’ is written on...

Gṛhyasūtra Bhāṣya manuscript preview TUCL

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Gṛhyasūtra Bhāṣya

EAP790/21/72

Gṛhyasūtra-s are on domestic religious ceremonies. This bhāṣya (commentary) is by Gadādhara Dīkṣita, ‘son of Vāmana’, on the Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra; the manuscript has 20 ka...

Yajña Rūdra Paddhati manuscript preview TUCL

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Yajña Rūdra Paddhati

EAP790/21/71

A Śaiva ritual manual, dated Saṃvat 1765 or 1707/1708 CE (the colophon does not name the author: ten works titled ‘Mahārudrapaddhati’ are listed by Kane).

Nityakarma manuscript preview TUCL

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Nityakarma

EAP790/21/69

A collection of Sanskrit mantras with Newari titles for daily recitation and ritual offerings, including to the guru (1v), Sūrya and Candra (3v), Gaṇeśa (4v), Devī (4v),...

Rājavijaya manuscript preview TUCL

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Rājavijaya

EAP790/21/62

A work of military astrology by Raṇahasti (fl. 1400, Ratanpur, central India), also known as ‘Svaraśāstra’ or ‘Svarodaya’. It has sketches of weapons and war plans, and a...

Vāstuśāstra manuscript preview TUCL

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Vāstuśāstra

EAP790/21/61

This text on architecture has 13 chapters, 12 listed in the table of contents at the end: gṛhādinirmāṇesamayaśuddhi, kālavicāra, gṛhavicāra, śilānyāsavidhi, Prāsādalakṣaṇ...

Manoramā manuscript preview TUCL

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Manoramā

EAP790/21/60

An auto-commentary on Siddhāntakaumudī by Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita (1547–1633), also known as Prauḍḥamanoramā.

Homa Ratna manuscript preview TUCL

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Homa Ratna

EAP790/21/59

A ritual manual, stated in the colophon to be the first chapter of Ratnāvalīsāra by Gaurīdatta, a brahmin born in Nepal.

Varāhapurāṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Varāhapurāṇa

EAP790/21/58

The Varāhapurāṇa, dated to the 10th–12th centuries CE, is predominantly a Vaiṣṇava work, but with Śaiva and Śākta elements. The extant work is said to be a composite of f...

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa manuscript preview TUCL

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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa

EAP790/21/56

The section on Kiṣkindhā (the kingdom of vānara-s) in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, up to Sītānveṣana-Sampātipakṣodyama (the search for Sītā and meeting with Jaṭāyu’s brother Sam...