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Vyākaraṇe Śāstrārthaḥ
113236_V030A_4198_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"A work on Sanskrit grammar that discusses Pāṇinian grammar,with quotations and references to Paribhāṣās, among others. The text is incomplete, and both the title and the author’s name are missing."
Yantracintāmaṇi
112405_V011A_4205_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This manuscript on tantra has eight chapters on abhicārakriyā that discuss bewitching, killing and paralysing of females, kings and enemies by means of charms and mystic diagrams.It is said to be the essence of the Atharvaveda. The author Dāmodarapaṇḍita (also called Dāmodaratripāṭhin) is the son of Gaṅgādhara. This manuscript has Chapters 1–3 and part of Chapter 4. There are a few yantra diagrams."
Vedāntatattvasāra
112412_V017A_4207_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This is a Viśiṣṭādvaita text by Rāmānujācārya (1017–1137), also known as Tattvasāra."
Ritual Text (Title missing)
113259_M060A_4089_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Medieval Bengali
An incomplete text with Hindu mantras and rituals. There is reference to Vratapkaraṇa, or Śūlapāṇi, a prolific Dharmaśāstrakāra from 15th-century Bengal.
Sārasvatīprakriyā
112418_V018A_4208_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This is a Sanskrit vyākaraṇa text by Anubhūti Svarūpācārya giving an exposition of the Sarasvatī Sūtras (author unknown). It is also known as Sārasvataprakriyā or Sārasvataprakriyāvyākaraṇa or Sārasvataprakriyāsūtra. This school of grammar was popular among Jains. The author is the preceptor of Janārdana. The manuscript concludes the first half of the work, upto Taddhita suffixes."
Sudarśanaśataka
112423_V019A_4209_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"A 101-verse gnomic poem by Kūranārāyaṇa, also known as Kūreśa or Nārāyaṇa Sarvajña Cūḍāmaṇi. The colophon says Dūrgāmiśra the scribe completed the text for Rāmakiṅkaradāsa’s study. Written in a mixture of Hindi and Sanskrit, the last part of the colophon suggests the scribe was a pupil of Śrī ācārīji, resident of village Cephul, and lived in the ‘Hari Mandira’ temple. The stotra itself praises Viṣṇu’s disc."
Laghujātaka
112424_V020A_4110_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This is a Jyotiṣa text by Varāhamihira (550 ce). It has 13 adhyāyas with an upasaṃhāra adhyāya in the end. It has a commentary Śiṣyahitā by Bhaṭṭotpala, and was translated into Arabic by Al-Berunī."
Hayagrīvastotra
112411_V016A_4206_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"A stotra text to Hayagrīva by Vedāntadeśika. Hayagrīva is a Hindu deity, an incarnation of Viṣṇu. The author Vedāntadeśika is also known as Veṅkaṭanātha. He was born in 1368 in Tūppul near Kāñcī."
Vyākaraṇasūtrapāṭha (Aṣṭādhyāyī)
112450_V037A_4211_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This is a Vyākaraṇa text on Pāṇinīyasūtrapāṭha.The text documents 4002 sūtras from Aṣṭādhyāyī. The colophon gives the title, author, section divisions,enumeration of sūtras by type, total number of sūtras and date. Part of this is abbreviated and uncertain, like eight chapters, subdivided into four sections called pādas (8 x 4 = 32), viṃśatisaṃkhyā 182(20 x 182 = 3640), viṃśatyatiriktasūtrasaṃkhyā 362 (3640 + 362 = 4002), sarvasūtrasaṃkhyā 4002."
Sāṅkhyatattvaprakāśa
112451_V038A_4212_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"This is an incomplete manuscript of what appears to be a commentary on Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhyakārikā, up to the middle of Kārikā 64."
Rasamañjarī
112452_V040A_4214_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"An incomplete manuscript on alaṅkāras by Bhānudatta Miśra from Mithila (1350–1450). The text discusses rasas in Sanskrit literature."
Amarakośa
112469_V045A_4216_CS Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
"A work of lexicography by Amarasiṁha (active 500 c.), containing synonyms for different categories of words. It is divided into three kāṇḍas, svargādikāṇḍa, bhuvargādikāṇḍa and sāmānyādikāṇḍa. The manuscript contains all three chapters."