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Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara

ms_coll_390item_2461

A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. This text, composed in 49 verses, is presented as a dialogue b...

Saptamīvrata manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Saptamīvrata

M074A_4101_CS

"This is an incomplete manuscript on stotras to Sūrya. The mantras are from the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa of Padmapurāṇa."

Bahulopākhyāna manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Bahulopākhyāna

112943_M095CA_4126_CS

"This text derives from Itihāsasamuccaya, also known as Bahulākathā or Bahulākhyāna or Bahulāvrata. The text is based on the conversations between Vyāghra and Bahula."

Durgāstotra manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Durgāstotra

113212_M072A_4099_CS

This is an incomplete manuscript. The Durgāstotra derives from Brahmavaivartapurāṇa, where Kṛṣṇa recites it for Nārada.

Bhāgavatapurāṇa manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa

112769_M031CA_4046_CS

This has only the folio with the colophon, which describes the preceding content as the 12th adhyāya (chapter) of the 12th skandha of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa. This adhyāya su...

Holikākathā manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Holikākathā

112749_M012A_4058_CS

This text describes Holikākathā, invoking demon goddess Ḍhuṇḍha, who is believed to have been slain by Śiva, but who received from him the boon that she would be worshipe...

Lakṣmīstotra manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Lakṣmīstotra

112739_M005A_4053_CS

This text represents a small section of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, which invokes Devi Lakṣmī. It is written in the form of a dialogue, as is common in Puranic literature.