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Triṁśacchlokī manuscript preview

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Triṁśacchlokī

eap_79021111

The authorship of Triṁśacchlokī is often attributed to Bopadeva. In this work thirty verses are there. In the context of Hindu ritualistic literature this text is created...

Thaṃlipājakapiṇḍakarma kriyā manuscript preview

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Thaṃlipājakapiṇḍakarma kriyā

eap_79002004

The text describes the death of the forefathers, followed by some rituals, which are called Piṇḍadān Kriyā. The text names various items used during the Piṇḍadāna Kriyā,...

Rāmāyaṇavidhi manuscript preview University of Copenhagen

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Rāmāyaṇavidhi

112482_V049A_4223_CS

"This refers to the ritual recitation of the Rāmāyaṇa, among others.This work is a part of Mahākala Saṁhitā by Ādinātha, who may be the author of this text, though no aut...

Meghasūtra manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Meghasūtra

ark:/12148/btv1b100829202

This Mahāyāna text (sometimes translated as the ‘cloud sermon’) records the Buddha teaching the Nāgarājas (serpent kings) rites to invoke rain through the power of dhāraṇ...

Jain Breviary manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Jain Breviary

ark:/12148/btv1b53170439f

A collection of texts from Jaina Digambara dogmatics and ritual: Tattvārtha-sūtra; Bīsa-tīrthaṅkara-pūjā; Siddha-cakra-pūjā; Ṣoḍaśa-kāraṇa-pūjā; Daśalākṣanī-pūjā; Ratna-t...