Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains the fourth part (pāda) of the fourth adhyāya (chapter) of a work also known as the Brahma Sūtra, Vedānta Sūtra, and Bhikṣu-sūtra. This is one of three key V...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The ‘Five Treatises’ is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story about the education of princ...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Also known as the Br̥hat Tantrasāra, this text is on the worship of the Dasamahavidya goddesses. The author Krishnananda drew from tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shak...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A textual commentary in the Nyaya tradition authored by Vācaspatimiśra.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The seventh of 18 parvas, it describes the appointment of Drona as commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance, on the 11th day of the Kurukshetra War and his death four d...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A commentary on the Kātantra, a treatise on Sanskrit grammar.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Also known as the Br̥hat Tantrasāra, this text is on the worship of the Dasamahavidya goddesses. The author Krishnananda drew from tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shak...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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It is a composite manuscript, whose texts describe doṣa of the body, and remedies for disease.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The Pūrva Mīmāṃsā Sūtras give rules for interpretating the Vedas and philosophical justifications for the observance of Vedic ritual. For Mīmāṃsakas, the cycle of karma i...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains a treatise on erotics. Its title and the name of the author, Mīnanātha, are given in both the introductory stanzas and in the completion statement at the en...
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Authored by Rāmakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa this has two sections. The first, ‘rasakāṇḍa’, describes alchemical processes, the second ‘prayogakāṇḍa’, the deployment of inorganic compoun...