Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Copenhagen
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112551_V080A_4254_CS
A tantra text on the paddhati of Durgāpūjā, detailing the elevenfold nyāsa, up to the pātrāsādana (placing of the vessels). This is part of a larger work. It includes wha...
University of Copenhagen
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112547_V077A_4251_CS
This contains mantras to remove disease by invoking Goddess Durgā in the form of Vaṭukabhairavī.
University of Copenhagen
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112544_V075A_4249_CS
A text on tantra, ascribed to Rāvaṇa, adversary of Rāma. The abbreviation ‘Uḍḍisa’ appears on the upper right of every verso. The text is incomplete and ends with aṇapati...
University of Copenhagen
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112517_V066A_4240_CS
A text on tantra, whose author’s name is missing. It describes four types of mantras and their application during rituals. It mentions mantras for different rāśis and nak...
University of Copenhagen
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112501_V058A_4232_CS
"A tantra text attributed to Dattātreya, legendary sage and son of Atri and Anasūyā, who was worshipped as an incarnation of Viṣṇu, and has many works ascribed to him. It...
University of Copenhagen
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112500_V057A_4231_CS
"A collection of mantras and corresponding nyāsas in Sanskrit and Hindi. This manuscript appears to be in the same hand as MS 112499_V056A_4230_CS."
University of Copenhagen
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112483_V050A_4224_CS
"It appears to be a Śaiva-tantra work. It is part of a collection of mantras in the Śivarahasya Purāṇa."
University of Copenhagen
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112405_V011A_4205_CS
"This manuscript on tantra has eight chapters on abhicārakriyā that discuss bewitching, killing and paralysing of females, kings and enemies by means of charms and mystic...
University of Copenhagen
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112193_V032A_4200_CS
"A series of mantras, seemingly particular to Bābā-ādama, who could have been a holy man with a biblical name (Adam). It appears to draw on popular magic and has differen...
University of Copenhagen
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113012_M126A_4156_CS
"It appears to be a Hindu Tantra text. The first two folios discuss the intertwining of fingers during worship, the text derives from Śivagītā. The second two folios are...
University of Copenhagen
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112383_V004A_4178_CS
"An incomplete tantric text by Lakṣmaṇadeśika that describes śabdabrahman and the creation of the empirical world. This manuscript has the 25th chapter upto ‘yogābhyāsaka...
University of Copenhagen
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112380_V002A_4177_CS
"A tantric text by Lakṣmaṇadeśika that describes śabdabrahman and the creation of the empirical world. This manuscript has only the commentary Padārthādarśa by Rāghava Bh...