Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A text dedicated to the Divine Mother Goddess (Devī), this work embodies the essence of Śākta philosophy. It is extracted from the Atharvaśīrṣa Upaniṣad. It is believed t...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_2791
A māhātmya text praising the Divine Mother Goddess (Devī), extracted from the Ghaṭatantra of the Rudrayāmalatantra. This manuscript contains four short texts. The first t...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A māhātmya text that is part of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, praising the Mother Goddess (Devī). Though this text belongs to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, it is also regarded as an in...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_299
A Hindu ritual text describes daily rituals and specifies which deity should be praised at different times of the day. For example, it mentions that in the morning the de...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1895
An astrological index listing the names of Indian cities and places with corresponding numbers; it seems these numbers are related to an astrological counting system. (Wr...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1192
An Upaniṣad text dedicated to the god Dattātreya, a combined form of the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. It is a late Upaniṣad composed of 12 mantras, expressing the fundam...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a stotra text praising the god Dattātreya, a combined form of the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, often associated with the Vaiṣṇava Tantra. The text is composed of...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This is a stotra text praising the god Dattātreya, a combined form of the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, often associated with the Vaiṣṇava Tantra. The text is composed of...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390_item_1593
A vrata text extracted from the Skandapurāṇa. The purpose of the vrata and pūjā is to praise the deities Lalitā and Rohiṇī in order to obtain longevity and a son. This te...
University of Pennsylvania
1705 Śaka Saṃvat (1783 CE)
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A vrata text extracted from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. The manuscript contains the Lalitā-pūjā section (f. 1a–2b) as the first part and the Daśaratha-Lalitā-vratakathā (f....
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This ritual text follows the Darśapaurṇamāsa section of Baudhāyana’s Śrautasūtra, it focusing on the atonement rites (prāyaścitta) performed during the new moon and full...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1508
This is a Sanskrit poetic work composed by Ḍaṇḍin. The text is divided into two sections, namely the Pūrvapīṭhikā and the Uttarapīṭhikā. The first section contains five u...