Search

Language Sanskrit Digitised Content Yes (unavailable)

1. Add Or 1814

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1814
Title:
Aḍhāīdvīpa
Scope & Content:
Aḍhāīdvīpa: Jain cosmic diagram inscribed with a few words of explanation in Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script.Tradition similar to Add. Or. 1812, but with Mount Meru surrounded by the regions arranged in a more concentric manner. In the outer terrestrial region, Tīrthaṁkaras are being worshipped at...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1830
Extent:

Gouache on cotton cloth. Floral spandrels and border. 112x112cm

2. MSS Avestan 20

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 20
Title:
Khordah Avesta and Yashts
Scope & Content:
Khordah Avesta and Yashts beginning with (ff. 1A-1B) a detailed index in Gujarati dated Samvat 1832 (1775), copied by Andhiyaru Rustamji Shapurji Godrez. Contents include: Introductory prayers; five Niyāyish; two Patets; Pazand and Sanskrit Āshirvāds; Āfarīns Gahanbār, Ardafravash and Hamkār; f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

codex; ff. v+1A-1D+509+iii

3. Or 2136B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2136B
Title:
Praśnottara or Dharmaratnākara
Scope & Content:
Praśnottara or Dharmaratnākara by Śrutasāgara: Jain Śvetāmbara sectarian text expounding criticism and refusal of practices typical of rival monastic orders. In Sanskrit.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th C
Extent:
Bound paper poṭhi. 75 folios; 25.9x11.5 cm, 17 lines.

4. Or 13502

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13502
Title:
Gitagovinda
Scope & Content:
Sanskrit poem by Jayadeva (born in the12th century) on the love of Krishna and Radha also seen as a symbol of the straying of the human soul and its redemption through devotion to God. Most folios have incised drawings in good Orissan style of the 18th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
63 folios (numbered 1-15, 15-62), palm leaves (4.5 x 24 cm) pothi format, 5 lines between ruled margins.

5. Or 13937

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13937
Title:
Aḍhāīdvīpa
Scope & Content:
Jain diagram of the Universe inhabited by human being with text in Sanskrit and Gujarati.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th C
Extent:
Painting on cloth. 90x90 cm.

6. Or 13946

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13946
Title:
Pancaraksa
Scope & Content:
The Five Protections: hymns to five Buddhist female deities invoked for protection against diseases, dangerous animals and other threats to human life. Copied in Nepal Samvat 797 (1676-1677) in Kathmandu. Illustrated: 10 miniatures of the goddesses and their Dhyani -Buddhas and one full page illu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1676-1677 AD
Extent:
115 folios, black paper in pothi format (11.5 x 39.5 cm); 5 lines between ruled margins. Written with golden ink in Ranjana script.

7. Or 16981

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16981
Title:
Laghu-Kālacakratantra
Scope & Content:
An early version of the Laghu-Kālacakratantra in Sanskrit. Colophon: “….paramopāśaka Śrī Ajitāsena likhitaṃ [.] śakābtā 11 86 ….” (fol. 120r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1264
Extent:
foll.120, palm leaf pothi format. 6-7 lines per folio. 4.8x29.9cm (leaf), 3.2x25.5 (written)

Limit your search