Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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This text describes the rituals that need to be followed by a man who has gone to a foreign country and spent over 12 years there. Upon his return, he performs the ritual...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
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A Campū literary work composed by Trivikarama Bhaṭṭa, inspired by a story from the Mahābhārata, consists of seven ucchvāsa-s (cantos). It tells the romantic tale of Nala,...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1964
A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. Although the colophon of the manuscript is missing, and theref...
University of Pennsylvania
1779 Śaka Saṃvat (1857 CE)
ms_coll_390item_425
This is a commentary on the Dakṣiṇāmūrti Stotra of Śaṃkarācārya. The text briefly conveys the core teachings of Advaita philosophy, encapsulating the essence of the Upani...
University of Pennsylvania
1650–1799
ms_coll_390item_910
This is a commentary on the Mānosollāsa of Sureśvarācārya by Rāmatīrtha, titled Mānosollāsavṛttānta or Vṛttāntavilāsa. Sureśvarācārya’s Mānosollāsa is itself a commentary...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_2485
A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. This text, composed in 49 verses, is presented as a dialogue b...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_2461
A Pañjara text dedicated to Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of Śiva, is found in the 88th chapter of the Skandapurāṇa. This text, composed in 49 verses, is presented as a dialogue b...
University of Pennsylvania
1699–1706 Śaka Saṃvat (1777–1784 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1581
A treatise on Dharmaśāstra composed in 221 verses, ascribed to Dakṣa. While the printed version of the text contains seven chapters, this manuscript includes only three,...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1447
A collection of four vrata texts compiled from various Purāṇas. The manuscript appears to be part of a larger work, as the pagination begins from folio 46. It contains th...
University of Pennsylvania
1751 Śaka Saṃvat (1829 CE)
ms_coll_390item_1240
A composite manuscript contains major Upaniṣads: Daśaśānti (Part 1, f. 2a–2b); Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad (Part 1, f. 3a–3b); Taittirīyopaniṣad (Part 2, f. 1a–8a); Kaṭhop...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1534
This a collection of Sanskrit Subhāṣita. Subhāṣitas are anthology of Sanskrit poetry. There are various section in the Subhāṣita text in Sanskrit literatur but the text h...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
ms_coll_390item_1205
A composite manuscript contains minor Upaniṣads: Aṣṭāvakra-Gītā (f. 2a–26a); Bhikṣukopaniṣad (f. 26a–27a); Saṃnyāsopaniṣad (f. 27a–39a); Paramahaṅsoparivrajākopaniṣad (f....