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Abhidhānacintāmaṇināmamālā
ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b53153912s Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"A text on lexicography by Hemacandra, with 1542 verses. The first part deals with synonyms, the second (which some say is spurious) is on homonyms. This manuscript contains the six kāṇḍas of the first part."
Raghuvaṃśa
ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b531570744 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa, telling the story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Lord Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). The manuscript contains all 19 cantos, with marginalia on the first two folios.
Rasendracintāmaṇi
ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b10082558c Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
A treatise on medicine by Rāmacandra of the Guha family.
Śrāddhapaddhati
ark:/12148/ark:/12148/btv1b53148233t Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A paddhati text on rituals of śrāddha that describes the offerings to departed ancestors.
Śābdika/Śābdikavicāra, Ratnasañcaya, Puṣpasnānavidhi
ark:/12148/btv1b531570816 Language : Sanskrit and Prakrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is a composite manuscript with three texts: Śābdika/Śābdikavicāra (a Jain grammar text), Ratnasañcaya (on Jain cosmology) and Puṣpasnānavidhi (Hindu rituals).
Śiśupālavadha
ark:/12148/btv1b53157071s Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A Sanskrit mahākāvya (epic poem) by Māgha (600–680 ce),son of Dattaka Sarvāśraya, grandson of Suprabhadeva. In 20 cantos the text tells the story of how Kṛṣṇa killed the Cedi king Śiśupāla after the latter insulted him before a public assembly.
Parabhūkathā
ark:/12148/btv1b10082782p Language : Sanskrit and Marathi Scripts : Devanagari
The text documents a series of conflicts between Brāhmaṇas and Kāyastha Prabhus in Maharastra regarding the performance of Hindu ritual, and how it was resolved. Keśava Paṇḍita wrote it in 1675 at the instance of King Sambhaji, son of Sivaji.
Kṛdantaprakriyā
ark:/12148/btv1b100827851 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This Sanskrit vyākaraṇa text by Anubhūti Svarūpācārya gives an exposition of the Sarasvatī Sūtras whose author is unknown. The text is also known as Sārasvataprakriyā, Sārasvataprakriyāvyākaraṇa or Sārasvataprakriyāsūtra. This school of grammar was popular among Jains. The author was the preceptor of Janārdana.
Abhidhānacintāmaṇi
ark:/12148/btv1b53157055r Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A text on lexicography by Hemacandra, with 1,542 verses. The first part deals with synonyms, the second (which some say is spurious) is on homonyms. This manuscript contains the six kāṇḍas of the first part.
Śivānandalaharīstotra
ark:/12148/btv1b100828019 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Telugu
The first work of this composite manuscript is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya and contains a reference to the Śrīśailam mountain in present-day Andhra.
Manoramā Kātantra-dhātuvṛtti
ark:/12148/btv1b100824563 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
This commentary on Durgasiṃha’s Kātantradhātupātṭha was composed in 1546 by Ramānāthaśarman Rāyi, son of Vedagarbha Tarkācārya.
Harṣacarita
ark:/12148/btv1b100827137 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bangla
An ākhyāyikā kāvya that tells stories from the life of king Harṣavadhana of Sthāṇvīśvara by Bāṇabhaṭṭa (570–650), whose patron was King Harṣavardhana (606–648) of Sthāṇvīśvara (Kanauj).