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Rasaratnākara
MS Sanskrit beta 359 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnāgarī
Authored by Nityanātha Siddha son of Pārvatī, this is a verse work on alchemy and metallic medicines used in Āyurveda. It has only two out of five chapters, Rasa and asendra, the second incomplete
Homapaddhati
ark:/12148/btv1b53154018d Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
This contains verses to be recited when making sacrificial offerings.
Karpūraprakarābhidhasubhāṣitakoṣa
ark:/12148/btv1b53160908b Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
This is from Triṣaṣṭisāraprabandha, written by the preceptor of Bajrasena.
Caturviṃśatisthānaka
ark:/12148/btv1b53153996w Language : Prakrit and Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
This text of Jain philosophy is a bilingual manuscript, with Prakrit and Sanskrit versions.
Iṣṭaśodhanavidhi
ark:/12148/btv1b53164695z Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
The text relates to astrology. Birth and processes of purification are described, and examples are given. There is a table associated with ‘lagna’ or the ascendent sign at birth. It appears to be a handbook copied for personal use.
Mīnarājajātaka
ark:/12148/btv1b53170457c Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
This is an astrological text written in verse and prose.
Jyotiṣasaṃgraharatnamālā and Dānatithi
ark:/12148/btv1b10020184r Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnagari
The manuscript has two texts. Jyotiṣasaṃgraharatnamālā is an astrological text. Dānatithi/Dānatithaya specifies appropriate times to make donations.
Nāṭakacandrikā
ark:/12148/btv1b10082536n Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
A long series of fervent erotic verses on Kṛṣṇalīlā taken from Vaiṣṇava dramas. It is ascribed to the Vaiṣṇava philosopher Rūpagosvāmin.
Śrīrāmaprasava (?)
ark:/12148/btv1b100828053 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nāgara
This is a rare work.
Composite manuscript (1. Sūryavinirgata-stavarāja, 2. Gaṅgāṣṭaka, 3. Unknown)
ark:/12148/btv1b10082820p Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This contains three texts: ‘Sūryavinirgata-stavarāja’,‘Gaṅgāṣṭaka’ and one work yet to be identified. The first text is related to the Śāmbapurāṇa and is dedicated to the sun. The second is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, and consists of eight verses dedicated to Gaṅgā. The scribe is Lakṣmināthaśarmaṇa. The third work has only one folio with ten verses, and most likely relates to the Rāmāyaṇa.
Vīrastavana
ark:/12148/btv1b531481644 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This has 30 verses on Jain philosophy, and marginal notes.
Kulārṇavamahārahasya
ark:/12148/btv1b10082268n Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A lakṣaṇa grantha describing the Kaula sect of tāntrikas. The 17 chapters are in the form of an interlocution between Śiva and Pārvatī.