Erected in memory of Yoganarendra Malla in 1723 C.E., this Krishna Temple in Kathmandu Durbar Square occupied an octagonal shape, a type of temple unexplainably reserved exclusively to Krishna. This temple is particularly important during the annual festival of Janmastami, commemorating Kishna’s...
Paper Manuscripts collected under the auspices of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Arrangement: First catalogued by the famous Colonial Indologist and Sanskritphile Sir Auriel Stein. The Original Collection that Stein got to examine was furthur expanded over the years. After Stein's First Cat...
तुलसी कृत रामचरितमानस, अध्यात्म रामायण, योग वसिष्ठ ब्रज भाषा हिन्दी अनुवाद
Scope & Content:
Contains Three Texts. Tulsi Ramayan. Most Important and Historically Siginificant Hindi Rendition of the Valmiki Ramayan [Rāmāyaṇa] in the Avadhi Dialect of Hindi. The Adhyatma Ramayan, the Small Rendition of Ramayana in the Brahmanda Purana. Third Text is a Braj Bhasha Hindi Translation of t...
Sarai Rare Books Collection. Mostly pre-Independence texts. Custodial history: Eclectic Collection housing innumerable books. We focussed on there Sanskrit Hindi Pre Independence Collection. Owner(s) of original material: CSDS. Arrangement: Accession Number for each Item is assigned.
Tattartha Manimala in Sanskrit with Hindi Translation is a massive Compilation and Original Meditation on Hindu Social Thought inspired deeply by the Yoga Vasihtha Style Advaita Vedantic Thought and the Puranas. The Text is divided into 10 Chapters as follows: Worship-Worthy, Caste and Ashram(St...
The Paramarthasara, or 'Essence of Ultimate Reality', is a work in metres of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta along with Yogaraja's Prose Commentary.The Treatise explores the Jivanmukta State - Enlightened while Alive. Owner(s) of original material: CSDS.
The Siva as well as the Goddess temple ceilings has the painted murals. The paintings are in extinct condition and peeling off due to changing weather conditions. The murals show the set of scenes from the epic ‘Kumarasambhava’. On the inner ceilings there are some portrait paintings of men and...