Samaveda [Sāmaveda] is one of the four Vedas in Hinduism. It is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. It is a liturgical text which consists of 1,549 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda [Rgveda]. Thr...
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 28 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Tokha, Nepal. The owner of the material is Shobha Manand...
The Anukramanis are the systematic indices of Vedic hymns, recording poetic meter, content, and traditions of authorship. Six Anukramanis of the Rigveda [Rgveda] are ascribed to Shaunaka - Anuvakanukramani, Arshanukramani, Chandonukramani, Devatanukramani, Padanukramani and Suktanukramani. Excep...
This is Rigveda [Rgveda] in an abridged version. This manuscript is complete in 27 folios. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 18, Series Level: 28 files, File Level: 27 Vol of 27 folios, Item Level: Paper folios 27. Owner(s) of orig...
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 51 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The owner of the material is Gyankar B...
Gāyatrī Mantra, also known as the Sāvitrī Mantra, is a highly revered mantra from Rig Veda [Rgveda] dedicated to the Sun. Gāyatrī is the name of the Vedic meter in which the verse is composed. Its recitation is traditionally preceded by oṃThis is a manuscript that deals with the rules and proces...
Sanskrit and Malayalam Manuscripts from the Thrissur Monastic Complex
Scope & Content:
This collection adds up the general manuscripts collection of the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (B-), which is the result of the accretion, at various periods of time, of manuscripts from the four Śaṅkaran monastic institutions of the city of Thrissur (Central Kerala), as well as various other small...
The bundle contains six Upaniṣad, belonging to the older group. Most of them are complete. This is one of the many such collections of classical Upaniṣads found in Thrissur. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 125 leaves. Physical characte...
These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, Pāninian Grammar, Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise, Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry, Dharmaśāstra, Citrakāvyam, Kāvya, Mīmāṃsā, vedic, Pramāṇa, Vyākaraṇa etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 108 bundles of palm-lea...
This contains Vedic mantras, including from the Ṛgveda, the Paippalādasaṃhitā of the Atharva Veda and so forth. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 24 leaves + 1 cover leaf. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 1.2 cm. Condition of original material: The leaves are a...