Pitru Sukta is in Sanskrit. These are the Vaidik Mantras and are from Rugveda [Rgveda]. It is recited ti mitigate bad effects of thedeceased ancester in the family. It is aimed at positive impacts in the family. Custodial history: Inherited. Extent and format of original material: Collection L...
Agasthya is a Vedic sage and believed as the incarnation of Brahma. Agasthya appears in numerous itihasas myths and epics including Ramayana [Rāmāyaṇa] and Mahabharata [Mahābhārata]. He is one of the seven reveted Vedic sages. He is also revered in Shaktism and Vaishnavism. He the one of th...
This is the text that praises Hanuman , an important actor in Ramayana [Rāmāyaṇa] and follower of Rama. This is the Stotra of Hanuman recited to pray him. Custodial history: Inherited. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 16, Series Level: 23 files, File Level: 20 Vol of...
Vaiseshika Sutra is also called Kanada sutra. It is an ancient Sanskrit text which is the foundation of the Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy. It was authored by Sage Kanda also known as Kashyapa , thus it is also called Kanda Sutra. Vaiseshika Sutra is written in aphoristic sutras style an...
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...