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Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa (Yuddhakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa (Yuddhakāṇḍa)

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The Yuddhakāṇḍa, also known as the Laṅkākāṇḍa, is the sixth kāṇḍa of the Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa. This kāṇḍa composing the climax of the epic. It describes the final conflict...

Naiṣadhīyacarita manuscript preview

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Naiṣadhīyacarita

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The Naiṣadhiyacaritam, composed by the 12th-century poet Śrīharṣa, son of Śrīhīra and Māmalladevī. It is included among the best five Mahākāvyas according to tradition. T...

Rāmāyaṇa (Uttarakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Rāmāyaṇa (Uttarakāṇḍa)

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The Seveth (end) chapter of the epic Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki contains many major episodes of the story. It begins with the gatherings of sages to pay homage to Rāma, birth of...

Rāmāyaṇa (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Rāmāyaṇa (Ayodhyākāṇḍa)

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The second chapter of the epic Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki contains many major episodes of the story. It begins with a heroic description of Rāma and continues through his depart...

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa)

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This is a commentry text of Rāmāyaṇa Tilaka, written by Śrīrāma Śarman, on Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa by Ṛṣi Vālmīki. It has seven chapters (kāṇḍa) including; Bāla Kāṇḍa; Ayodhyā K...

Raghuvaṁśam manuscript preview

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Raghuvaṁśam

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This Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa tells the story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). This manus...

Naiṣadhīyacaritam manuscript preview

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Naiṣadhīyacaritam

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This is a commentry of Prakāśa composed by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa on famous Mahākāvya text, Naiṣadhīyacaritam one of the five great epics (Mahākāvyas) of Sanskrit literature com...

Naiṣadhīyacaritam manuscript preview

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Naiṣadhīyacaritam

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This is a commentry of Prakāśa composed by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa on famous Mahākāvya text, Naiṣadhīyacaritam one of the five great epics (Mahākāvyas) of Sanskrit literature com...

Naiṣadhīyacaritam manuscript preview

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Naiṣadhīyacaritam

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This text is a Mahakavya of Sanskrit literature, Naiṣadhīyacaritam or Naiṣadha. mahākāvya in 22 cantos. on the story of Nala and Damayantī based on theMahābhārata episode...

Raghuvaṃśa manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Raghuvaṃśa

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This text is a mahākāvya written by the great poet Kālidāsa. It begins with an invocation to Śiva-Parvati and describes the line of kings of the Raghu dynasty (also known...