Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/23
A composition in praise of Rāma by Mudgala Bhaṭṭa, consisting of 108 verses in Ārya metre, a.k.a. 'Rāmāryā' and Āryāṣṭottaraśata.
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/23
A Sanskrit play of the 11th century, describing the awakening of Puruṣa from the delusions (moha) associated with lust, anger, greed and ego (kāma, krodha, lobha, ahaṃkār...
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/5
Pradyotana Miśra’s commentary (prakāśa) on the Candraloka by Pīyūṣavarṣa Jayadeva (c. 1200–1250), composed in 1583 ce. The colophon describes the author as ‘sakalaśāstra...
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/3
This is the Prahlādacampū by Keśava Bhaṭṭa, which tells the story of Prahlāda in a mixture of prose and verse (campū) in five stavaka-s (chapters).
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b53157071s
A Sanskrit mahākāvya (epic poem) by Māgha (600–680 ce), son of Dattaka Sarvāśraya, grandson of Suprabhadeva. In 20 cantos the text tells the story of how Kṛṣṇa killed the...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b531570744
A Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa, telling the story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Lord Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). The m...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b10082725j
An ākhyāyikā kāvya that tells stories from the life of king Harṣavadhana of Sthāṇvīśvara by Bāṇabhaṭṭa (570–650), whose patron was King Harṣavardhana (606–648) of Sthāṇvī...
TUCL
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EAP1023/15/7
A work ascribed to Kālidāsa with a commentary; the manuscript is in fragments.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/194
An avadāna text on how past lives bear fruit in the present.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/180
An Avadāna text on how previous lives affect the present.
Aksheswara Mahavira
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/38
This narrates the story of the birth and life of the Mauryan king Aśoka.