Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b532068288
A text describing the bodhisattva, a person who is on the path towards bodhi (‘awakening’) or Buddhahood.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083202t
A compilation of texts of a śākhā recension of the Kṛṣṇayajurveda, which can be translated as the ‘school of the pupils of Tittiri’.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083179g
Also known as Darśapūrṇamāsa Āpastambha prayoga, this is from R̥gved Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa and describes a yajña to be performed during the full moon.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100831317
An extract from the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa, which identifies Kṛṣṇa as the supreme reality.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100832055
The third of the 18 parvas of Mahābhārata, describing the Pandavas’ exile in the forest.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100912925
A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narrratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhi...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082813m
Also known as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, this promotes bhakti towards Kṛṣṇa. The manuscript contains a part of the third chapter (only 33rd sub-chapter) of the Bhāg...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10090670m
Also known as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, this promotes bhakti towards Kṛṣṇa. The manuscript has only chapter 12th of the Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa and also includes a c...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10092945f
A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhis...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100827906
Also known as Kaviguhya, this poem is in honour of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king, Kṛṣṇa III.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10091895s
A jyotiṣha text that discusses timings for marriage rituals.