This text discusses about the ritual of sacred thread or the Yajnopavita. Upanayana or Yajnopavita is one of the traditional rites of passages that marked the acceptance of a student by a teacher. Then his formal education starts. It is an important and widely discussed ritual in ancient Sanskri...
This manuscript is a kgrammatical text. It is fragmentary text. Custodial history: Inherited. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 16, Series Level: 23 files, File Level: 23 Vol of 4 folios, Item Level: Paper folios 4. Owner(s) of original material: Krishnaman Shakya.
This is one of 28 collections of rare medieval manuscripts digitised by the EAP1023 project team in Newār settlements in Rural Kathmandu and hill areas of Nepal. This collection contain 16 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Panauti, Nepal. The owner of the material is Nuchhe Maya...
Bagalamukhi is known by the popular epithet Pitambara-devi or Pitambari. She wears yellow clothes. The iconography and worship rituals repeatedly refer to the yellow colour. Pitamvara Sahasranama Stotra is the eulogy of Baglamukhi.This text is Bagalamukhi Stotra that recites. Custodial history:...
Charana Vyuha or the ‘Exposition of the Schools’ of various Vedas , is a late work giving less complete enumeration of the Vedic schools than certain sections of Vishnu and Vayu Purana [Viṣṇupurāṇa and Vāyupurāṇa]. It is authored by Dilli Raj Suri. Custodial history: Family inheritance. ...
This is text known as Marana Mukti Vichara in Sanskrit. Literally, it is idea of liberation after death. It is written by Narayana Bhatta. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 17, Series Level: 16 files, File Level: 3 Vol of 307 folios...
This manuscript is the fourth section or chapter of Patanjali Yoga Sutra. This chapter is Named as Kaivalyapada. It is about the finalliberation. It forms the foundation of classical yoga philosophy. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Leve...
It is a Mimamsha Shastra divided into twelve chapters. It is an important work on philosophy by Madhavacharya. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 17, Series Level: 16 files, File Level: 5 Vol of 72 folios, Item Level: Paper folios 72...
It is a Dharmashastra text. Its subject is performance of prayaschitta or ritual atonement. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 17, Series Level: 16 files, File Level: 6 Vol of 92 folios, Item Level: Paper folios 92. Owner(s) of orig...
This is the book of decisions regarding to four Varnas, four Ashramas, Hindu religious and cultural behaviours, and all other activities. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 17, Series Level: 16 files, File Level: 7 Vol of 21 folios, ...