Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_109
A text on jyotiṣa is divided into four prakaraṇas. Each prakaraṇa is identified by a letter (a, va, pa, and da), with further subdivisions within each. It appears that th...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_108
A nītiśāstra text in three aṣṭakas, each aṣṭaka containing eight ślokas (poems), was composed by a certain Aṅgadākumāra. In the text, Kuśa, the son of Rāma, was addressed...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_107
A Buddhist Tantric text praises the God Kuliśeśvara (God of Thunderbolt). It seems that this is a Vajrayāna text, as it has 16 small segments, with each segment ending wi...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_106
A Śaiva tantra manuscript contains incomplete chapters from the Manthānabhairava Kumārikākhaṇḍa. It seems that the manuscript originally included additional chapters from...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_105
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā is the most comprehensive text on the female Buddhist deity Kurukullā, the only canonical scripture dedicated to her. It highl...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_104
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā is the most comprehensive text on the female Buddhist deity Kurukullā, the only canonical scripture dedicated to her. It highl...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_103
A Sanskrit Mahākāvya (epic) written by Kālidāsa, a 4th-century Sanskrit poet, who is well-known for his poetic creations. In some versions, the text contains 17 chapters...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_102_3
A Buddhist ritual text discusses the merits of the caityavrata, ahorātravrata, and Kārtikāvrata. This text is written in the kathā (storytelling) style. The story goes th...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_102_2
An Avadāna text praises the giving of alms-bowls to Buddhist mendicants. The story tells of Sarvānanda, the king of the great city of Dīpavatī, who once visited the renow...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_102_1
This text is based on Chapter 22 of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, titled Bhaiṣajyarājapūrvayoga-parivarta. However, it appears to recount a similar story of the Bodhisattv...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_101
A Mahākāvya contains 18 cantos (sarga) based on an episode from the Mahābhārata. It narrates the story of Arjuna's penance and the war between Śiva, disguised as Kirāta,...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_100
The first text serves as a ritual manual for the Kālacakra pūjā and also outlines various maṇḍala sthāpana and pūjā, ghaṭa pūjā, puṣpāñjali mantras, and other rituals. Du...