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University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti (commentary on Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa.)
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The work Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti is a commentary by Nārāyaṇasāmudrika or Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, (1725 CE) on the work Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa by Samarasiṃha. The Commentat...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti (commentary on Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa.)
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The work Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti is a commentary by Nārāyaṇasāmudrika or Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, (1725 CE) on the work Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa by Samarasiṃha. The Commentat...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Karkaṭīvrata (Part of Skandapurāṇa)
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The manuscript is titled as Karkaṭīvrata and is sourced from the Skanda Purāṇa. It outlines the procedure of the vrata (ritual ) along with its associated kathā (narrativ...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kārikāvalī
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A Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika text, also known as Kārikāvalī or Paribhāṣāpariccheda, was composed by Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana, the son of Vidyānivāsa. This manuscript contains the f...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Karavīramāhātmya (1-19)
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The work of Karavīramāhātmya text about greatness of Kolhapur goddess Mahālaṣmi. Karavīra is the old name of Kolhapur, a city located in the state of Maharashtra, India....
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kārakavibhakti
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This work on Sanskrit grammar, focusing specifically on the concept of kāraka, which explains the relationships between nouns or pronouns and other elements within a sent...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kārakaprakaraṇa (Siddhānta Kaumudī)
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This is a Sanskrit grammar commentary on the Kārakaprakaraṇa by the renowned 17th-century Sanskrit grammarian and commentator Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita, who lived in Mahārāṣtra. T...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kapilaṣaṣṭhīvrata
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The manuscript explains the Kapilaṣaṣṭhī Vrata Vidhi. The text presented as a dialogue between the deity Brahmā Yudhiṣṭhira, and the deity Kṛṣṇa. It describes a very ausp...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kapilāṣaṣṭhīvidhāna
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The manuscript explains the Kapilaṣaṣṭhī Vidhana from skaṃdapurāṇa. The text presented as a dialogue between the deity Brahmā Yudhiṣṭhira, and the deity Kṛṣṇa. It describ...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kapilācāryasūtrāṇi
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Kapilācāryasūtrāṇi is a commentary on Sāṃkhya philosophy attributed to Kapila, and is also known by the alternate title Sāṃkhyasūtravivaraṇa. Sāṃkhya, a foundational syst...
University of Pennsylvania
1700–1850
Kanyasthakṛṣṇaveṇītirthavīdhīmahatmya
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The manuscript is decribing the mahātmya of Kṛṣṇa river. The text lays out the proper procedures and observances that devotees should follow when undertaking a pilgrimage...