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Lalitākhyāna manuscript preview TUCL

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Lalitākhyāna

EAP1023/20/19

The Lalitākhyāna/Lalitopākhyāna from the Brahmāṇḍottara Purāṇa (Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa; apparently a later addition) tells the story of goddess Lalitā as a dialog...

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa

EAP1023/20/18

The Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa] with all its four pāda-s—Prakriyā, Anuṣaṅga, Upodghāta and Upasaṃhāra—that narrate the story of creation, of gods and ṛiṣis, and co...

Karṇa Bhedha manuscript preview TUCL

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Karṇa Bhedha

EAP1023/20/15

A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)

Gayatrī Japa Vidhana manuscript preview TUCL

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Gayatrī Japa Vidhana

EAP1023/20/14

A manual on reciting the Gāyatrī Mantra (or Sāvitrī Mantra), a mantra dedicated to the sun from the Ṛgveda, composed in the Vedic meter Gāyatrī.

Gṛhyasūtra manuscript preview TUCL

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Gṛhyasūtra

EAP1023/20/11

A manual on Hindu domestic religious ceremonies performed by both male and female householders before the fire; contains references to sthālīpāka (offerings to brahmins)...

Pāṇinīyaśikṣā manuscript preview TUCL

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Pāṇinīyaśikṣā

EAP1023/20/10

A work ascribed to Pāṇinī, author of Aṣṭādhyāyī. The manuscript follows the Agni Purāṇa recension with the Śikṣāprakāśa (c. 1000–1300 CE).

Dhanaňjaya Kośa manuscript preview TUCL

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Dhanaňjaya Kośa

EAP1023/20/8

A compilation of synonyms and homonyms by the 12th-century Digambara Jain writer Dhanañjaya; a reader has noted keywords in red on the first five folios of fourteen.