Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Adhānaprayoga is a manual for initiation of Vedic rituals and sacrifices by a priest like setting up of three sacred fires that surround the fire altar (vedi) and other...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Hiraṇyakeśīdarśa pūrṇamāsa prayoga or Adhānapaddhati prayoga is a manual for initiation of Vedic rituals and sacrifices by a priest like setting up of three sacred fir...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Ādhānahautra is a manual for performing Vedic rituals and sacrifices related to offering to the deities by the priest on behalf of someone. This Ms. is written 9 lines...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Adbhutottarakāṇḍe śrīsītārāmayorayodhyāgamanam Supplementary text to the epic Rāmāyaṇa, addresses exploits and adventures of Sītā and Rāma with the perspec...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Adbhutaśānti is the 67th Ātharvāṇapariśiṣṭa which is the appendix of Atharvaveda. This text is a Manual of rules that are to be employed during Natural Disasters. Like...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Acyutāṣṭaka is a text with devotional verses for the supreme Hindu deity Viṣṇu with the names of Acyuta, Narāyaṇa, and Kṛṣṇa. This Ms.'s verses are serialised b...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Ācārātprāpyate svarga is a text which contains rituals and prayers for Vedic deities. This Ms. has 99 verses from (f.1b-6a) which is the first part. Bhaviṣyatpurāṇa r...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Ācārārkaprakāśa is a text which deals with Hindu rituals for the worship of the Sun deity. The text is a part of a larger work on Dharmaśāstra possibly the Dharmas...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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Abhrachāyā is a work on astronomy, with mathematical calculations on the alignment of planets according to their longitudinal axis using celestial indicators like rāśi....
TUCL
Śaka 1720 (1798 ce.)
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A manual for the performance of the śrāddha ceremony for ancestors without ‘piṇḍa’ (rice balls)
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Saṃvat 1827 (1771 ce.)
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The text relates to astrology. Birth and processes of purification are described, and examples are given. There is a table associated with ‘lagna’ or the ascendent sign a...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Saṃvat 1782; Śakābda 1647 (1726 CE)
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This contains verses to be recited when making sacrificial offerings.