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Lakṣavarttī Māhātmya
EAP1023/15/3 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This tells the story underlying the Lakṣavarttī ritual which women perform by lighting wicks for 1,00,000 lamps.
Saṅkalpa Śrāddha Vidhi
EAP1023/15/4 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual for the performance of the śrāddha ceremony for ancestors without ‘piṇḍa’ (rice balls)
Bhedī Dhīkkāra Tīkā
EAP1023/15/5 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
Commentary (incomplete) on the Advaitin Nṛsiṃhāśrama’s ‘Denuncation of the Doctrine of Difference’ by his student, Nārāyaṇāśrama (c. 1595).
Kāśīmr̥ta Mokṣa Nirṇaya
EAP1023/15/6 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This describes how a person who dies in Kāśī achieves instant liberation. The author is Sureśvarācharya, the manuscript is dated 1933 Vikram Saṃvat/1876 ce.
Śrutabodha (Subodhinī)
EAP1023/15/7 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A work ascribed to Kālidāsa with a commentary; the manuscript is in fragments.
Karka Bhāṣya
EAP1023/15/8 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
Commentary by Karkopādhyaya on Kātyāyana’s ‘Śrāddha sūtra’
Saṁkṣepa Abhyudāyika Śrāddha Prayoga
EAP1023/15/9 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on abhyudāyika śrāddha, or ritual offerings to ancestors made at weddings, births and other celebrations.
Kārtavīrya Kavaca
EAP1023/15/10 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
An invocation to Kārtavīrya to protect oneself from bodily harm (kavaca: armour). Some Purāṇas describe Kārtavīrya as Paraśurāma’s kśatriya antagonist, whereas in this text and others, he is himself identified with Viṣhṇu (G.C. Tripathi 1979).
Vivāhapaddhati
EAP1023/20/1 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on wedding rituals scribed by Aniruddha Śarma.
Mantra Mahodadhi
EAP1023/20/2 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A ṭīkā by Kāśinath Bhaṭṭa on the Mantramahodadhi (‘Great Ocean of Mantras’) composed by Mahīdhara in 1588
Sādhāraṇajinastotra
ark:/12148/btv1b53148215w Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
An incomplete text on Jina by Ratnākarasūri.
Bhāgavatamāhātmya
ark:/12148/btv1b53154017z Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is an incomplete text of the Bhagavatamāhātmya, a work compiled from the Skāndapurāṇa (four khaṇḍas), Pādmapurāṇa (six khaṇḍas), Brahmavaivartapurāṇa, Gaurītantra (five paṭalas) and Vāyupurāṇa. This text taken from the second part (uttarakhaṇḍa) of the Padmapurāṇa.