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Agni sthāpana vidhi manuscript preview

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Agni sthāpana vidhi

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This is a vedic ritual text, it refers to the sacred ritual of establishing the sacrificial fire before beginning any Vedic Homa or Yajna. It is the process of inviting t...

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa manuscript preview

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Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa

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Chapters are: Mārkaṇḍeyopasthāna (f.1b-3a); pakṣisutāti (f.3a-5a); pakṣijanma (f.5a-7b); caturvyūhāvatāra (f.7b-9a); indravikrivā (f.9a-10a); sixth chapter (f.10a-11a); p...

Raghuvaṁśam manuscript preview

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Raghuvaṁśam

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This Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa tells the story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). This manus...

Bhagvata Gīta Ṭikā manuscript preview

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Bhagvata Gīta Ṭikā

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The text is a commentary by Śrīdharasvāmin on the text Bhagavadgītā which is the 3rd part out of the 4 from the 6th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata, that i...

Śyamabhakti Sudhārṇava manuscript preview

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Śyamabhakti Sudhārṇava

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This is a riligious text by Kāśināth Bhaṭṭa. Kāśināth Bhaṭṭa is son of Jayarāma Bhaṭṭa, from Varanasi. It is compiled from various texts like Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Devī Purāṇ...

Nānā Rahasya Prayoga manuscript preview

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Nānā Rahasya Prayoga

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This text is written by Siddha Nāgārjuna or Nāgārjuna. This is a Tantric text. It contains 21 Paṭala (chapters). A text also called Siddhacāmuṇḍā, Siddhanāgārjunatantra o...

Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī manuscript preview

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Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī

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It is text of Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī by Varadarāja (1600–1650), son of Durgātanaya, disciple of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita. It is a facilitating the study of the Siddhānta-kaumudi....

Rāhu Stotra manuscript preview

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Rāhu Stotra

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The text is Rāhu Stotra. Rāhu is an asura (unlike other planets) and son of sage Kasyapa and an ogre called Simihika. He was born with a serpent head. This stotra is desc...

Dakṣiṇā Kālikā Stotra manuscript preview

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Dakṣiṇā Kālikā Stotra

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This is stotra of Dakṣiṇā Kāli is s one of the most popular hymns dedicated to goddess Kāli. Worship of this form of Kali is especially prevalent in regions like Bengal a...

Viṣṇu Sahasranāma stotra manuscript preview

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Viṣṇu Sahasranāma stotra

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Viṣṇu Sahasranāma is a well-known Sanskrit hymn that lists 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu in 108 verses. It appears in the Anushasana Parva of the epic Mahabharata, tradition...

Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī manuscript preview

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Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī

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Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī is a commentary by Vācaspati Miśra on Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sānkhyakārikā. Vācaspati Miśra born in Mithila near about 9th century. The text contains Kārikā(...

Sāyaṇa Paddhati manuscript preview

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Sāyaṇa Paddhati

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The text Sāyaṇa Paddhati is by Sāyaṇācārya. He is a brother of Mādhavācārya and Bhoganātha, son of Māyaṇa, wrote under Vīrabukkabhūpāla I of Vidyānagara (1350-79) and his...