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This is a guide to the South Asian Rare Book Collection's largest subset of manuscripts, namely, the “Indo-Aryan Ms.” series of 472 manuscripts. These are chiefly in Sanskrit but with a few in other languages, such as Marathi (e.g., Śukāstakaṭīkā) and Prakrit (Kalpasūtra). Some manuscripts are complete (e.g., Māṇḍūkopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā); some are partial (Gajendramokṣa); and some only have one or two folios (Upāṅgalalitāpūjā). The dates of composition for manuscripts in this collection range from 1598 to 1904, while the vast majority are dated roughly to the nineteenth century. The majority of these manuscripts were acquired between the late 1930s and 1940s by Dr. Horace Poleman, the project director of the Library of Congress’s first major initiative to collect materials from South Asia. More information on Poleman and some of these manuscripts can be found on the Library’s 4 Corners of the World blog in a post from January 2018.
Items in the “Indo-Aryan Ms.” series cover a range of different subjects, and many are relevant to the study of Hindu traditions in South Asia. Each catalog record will indicate a manuscript's subject, broadly defined. These subjects include:
Note that titles of manuscripts are rendered according to the ALA-LC Romanization Table for Sanskrit. Each catalog record contains more information pertaining to a manuscript’s author and date (if provided in a colophon), size, and number of folios. The use of brackets indicates uncertain titles, dates, or descriptive phrases supplied by the cataloger. Some manuscripts lack their first and last folios, resulting in the bracketed provisional title [Unidentified Sanskrit text].
| Manuscript Number | Title (select title to link to the full bibliographic record in the online catalog) | Date |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 1 | Āśvalāyanaśrāddhasaṃkalpaprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 2 | Ṛṣipañcamīvrata from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa, Kṛṣṇa Yudhiṣṭhira saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 3 | Śivasahasranāma from the Rudrayāmala | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 4 | Cāturmāsyavratāraṃbhakāla | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 5 | Aśvattha upanayana (sic) | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 6 | Sarasvatīstotra | 1809 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 7 | Lakṣadīpavidhāna from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa, Ṛṣi Nārada saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 8 | Rāmastuti | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 9 | Anantapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 10 | Pūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 11 | Śrāddhasaṃkalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 12 | Śukāstakatīkā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 13 | Caturthīvrata from the Skandapurāṇa | 1778 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 14 | Śāradīnavarātra prathamadinakr̥tya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 15 | Śrīguruhr̥daya from the Viśvāgama (?) | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 16 | Prāṇapratiṣṭhā | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 16 Prāṇapratiṣṭhā. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This manuscript concerns prāṇapratiṣṭhā, or the ritual that establishes a divine presence in an image of a Hindu god or goddess. When a new image is brought into a temple or home, the recitation of a powerful verbal formula (mantra) in this type of text is part of its consecration. The term refers to the life-giving breath (prāṇa) that is installed (pratiṣṭhā) in a deity’s image. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 17 | Śvetāśvataropaniṣadiṣṭonuvāka | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 18 | [Upaniṣadgrantha] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 19 | Rāmastuti | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 20 | Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 21 | Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotra / by Śaṅkārācarya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 22 | Hanumatstotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 23 | Śrībaṭukabhairavastotra from the Kālasaṅkarṣaṇītantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 24 | Tulasīpūjana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 25 | [Collection of ritualistic texts and mantras] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 26 | [Text on pūjā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 27 | Muṇḍakopaniṣad ; itimahāvākyavivaraṇa | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 27 Muṇḍakopaniṣad. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. The Muṇḍakopaniṣad is one of the principal Upaniṣads, a genre of Hindu philosophical and speculative works that begin to emerge very roughly around the eighth/seventh century BCE. The Muṇḍakopaniṣad, however, probably dates from the last few centuries BCE. One of its prevalent themes is the differentiation between two types of knowledge: the lower knowledge encompassing rote memorization of the Vedas, grammar, astronomy, linguistics, etc. and the higher knowledge of the imperishable and omnipresent brahman. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 28 | Maṇḍaladevatāvāhanasthāpana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 29 | Prāsādavāstuśānti | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 30 | Darśapūrṇamāsaprayoga, based upon Baudhāyana | 1828 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 31 | Jalāśaya | 1801 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 32 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 33 | Samāvartanaprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 34 | Nārāyaṇabal̲i ; Nāgabalividhāna | 1788 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 35 | Vināyakaśānti / by Vināyapanta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 36 | Kuṣmāṇḍahoma | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 37 | Aśaucanirṇaya / by Trayambakaśāstrī | 1789 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 38 | Hautra | 1793 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 39 | Viṣṇoraprāmārjanastotra from the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 40 | Ārādhanavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 41 | Brahmatvam | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 42 | Āgnīdhraprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 43 | Darśapūrṇamāsahotra ; Hautr̥prayoga | 1806 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 44 | Utsarjanaprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 45 | Śayyādāna from the Kaustubha | 1788 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 46 | Kūṣmāṇḍahoma according to Baudhāyana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 47 | Śrāddha [paddhati?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 48 | [Tīrthasnānavidhi] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 49 | Vāruṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ ṣoḍaśāracakraṃ | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 50 | Vaṭasāvitrīkī | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 51 | Śivakavaca from the Skandapurāṇa, Brahmottarakhaṇḍa | 1855 |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 51 Śivakavaca. 1855. Library of Congress Asian Division. Kavaca literally means “armor” or “sheath.” This is a devotional composition addressed to Śiva, a Hindu deity known both for his meditative equipoise and fearsome temper, for help in driving away problems and preventing adverse situations. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 52 | Śāradīnavarātrapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 53 | Ācārādarśa / by Śrīdatta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 54 | Tithitattva / by Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya | 1628 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 55 | Dāyādhikārakramasaṅgraha / by Śrīkr̥ṣṇa Śarman | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 56 | Vyavasthāsārasañcaya / by Nārāyaṇa Śarman | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 56 Vyavasthāsārasañcaya. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This manuscript, one of several in the Indo-Aryan series featuring Sanskrit in Bengali script, is a compendium of Hindu religious law, especially with regard to the astrologically appropriate days on which to perform rituals. This manuscript is written on paper bearing the watermark of the British papermaker Stacey Wise & Co., a sign that its production likely took place in Bengal during the British colonial period in the nineteenth century. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 57 | Vivādacintāmaṇi / by Vācaspati Miśra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 58 | Kr̥ṣipaddhati / by Parāśara | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 59 | Smārtavyavasthārṇava / by Raghunātha Sarvabhauma | 1661 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 60 | Nānārthadhvanimañjarī / by Gadasimha | 1841 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 61 | Āśaucasaṅkṣepa / by Madhusūdana Vācaspati | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 62 | Dharmacandra. Vedakanikā / by Kṛṣṇatarkālaṅkāra Bhaṭṭācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 63 | Śrutismr̥tisārasaṅgraha. Pūrvārddha / by Bālavratyānanda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 64 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 65 | Śrutismr̥tisārasaṅgraha. Uttarārddha / by Bālavratyānanda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 66 | Daśakumāra Pūrvapīṭhikā / by Vināyaka | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 67 | Jyotiṣmatīkalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 68 | Rudrakalaśasnānapaddhati / by Nārayaṇa Bhaṭṭa, son of Rāmeśvarasada | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 69 | Ātharvaṇopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā / by Vyāsatīrtha, pupil of Jayatīrtha | 1598 |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 69 Ātharvaṇopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā. 1598. Library of Congress Asian Division. This composition comes from the dualistic (dvaita) school of Hindu philosophy known as Vedānta. In the thirteenth century, the philosopher Ānandatīrtha, also known as Madhvācārya, wrote a commentary (bhāṣya) on the Ātharvaṇa Upaniṣad, and his commentary became the subject of another exegetical work (ṭīkā) by Vyāsatīrtha, who lived between the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Pictured here are the manuscript’s first and last folios, the latter of which bears the date in its colophon of the year 1655 in the Vikram Samvat calendar, or 1598 CE in the Western calendar. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 70 | Māṇḍūkopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā / by Vyāsatīrtha, pupil of Jayatīrtha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 71 | Ātharvaṇopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā / by Vyāsatīrtha, pupil of Jayatīrtha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 72 | Vaiyyākaraṇasiddhāntaratnākara / by Rāmakr̥ṣṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 73 | Saṅgraharāmāyaṇa. Uttarakāṇḍa. 4th sarga / by Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍitācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 74 | Tulasīmahātmya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 75 | Karmanirṇayaṭīkā / by Jayatīrtha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 76 | Saṅketakaumudī / by Harinātha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 77 | Annapūrṇāstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 1809 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 78 | Āsanavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 79 | Bhūtaśuddhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 80 | Viṣṇorapāmārjanastotra from the Viṣṇudharmottara | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 81 | Mālāsaṃskāravidhi. Puraścaraṇavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 82 | [Text on śānti] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 83 | U[ttara]nā[rāyaṇopaniṣad] | 1807 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 84 | Śikṣā upaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 85 | Bhr̥gurvai upaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 86 | Argalā | 1856 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 87 | Saptaśatīkavaca | 1856 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 88 | Brahmavidā upaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 89 | Gāyatrīsahasranāmastotra from the Rudrayāmala | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 90 | [Unidentified Marathi text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 91 | Gā[ya]tri[sic]nyāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 92 | Saṅkaṣṭacaturthīvratodyāpanavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 93 | Saṅkaṣṭacaturthīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 94 | Kālabhairavastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 1794 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 95 | Gaṇeśabhujaṅgastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 96 | Kātyāyanīstava from the Mahābhārata, Bhīṣmaparvan | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 97 | [Gāyatrī]nyāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 98 | Gāyatrīhr̥daya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 99 | Gāyatrīkavacastotra spoken in the Viśvāmitrakalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 100 | Annapūrṇāstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Manuscript Number | Title (select title to link to the full bibliographic record in the online catalog) | Date |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 101 | Annapūrṇāstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 1794 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 102 | Tr̥cakalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 103 | Mahāgaṇapatisahasranāmastotra from the Padmapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 104 | Aitareya Upaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 105 | Pūjāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 106 | Lakṣmīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 107 | Saptaślokīgītā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 108 | Sūryātharvaśīrṣa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 109 | Kalisantaraṇopaniṣad. Skandopaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 110 | Hanumatkavaca from the Padmapurāṇa, Nārada Agastya saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 111 | Pañcamukhīhanumatkavaca | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 112 | Śivakavaca from the Skandapurāṇa, Brahmottarakhaṇḍa, 12th adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 113 | Nr̥siṃhadvādaśanāmastotra from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 114 | Durgāstotra from the Mahābhārata, Bhīṣmaparvaṇ, Kr̥ṣṇa Arjuna saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 115 | Calārcāpaddhati | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 116 | Śītalāstotra from the Skandapurāṇa | 1769 |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 116 Śītalāstotra. 1769. Library of Congress Asian Division. This manuscript is a work of praise (stotra) used during the worship of Śītalā, whose name means “the cool goddess.” Her name references her ability to provide relief from fevers, sores, and other illnesses, like smallpox. There are temples to the Hindu goddess Śītalā throughout India but more concentrated in Bengal and the northern half of the subcontinent. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 117 | Mālāmantravidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 118 | Bālarakṣāstotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 119 | Hariharātmakastava from the Harivaṃśa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 120 | Trailokyamohanakavaca from the Br̥hadāraṇyaka, Īśvaratantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 121 | Aśvatthopanayana from the Śaunakakārikā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 122 | [Maṅgalaślokāḥ] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 123 | Sarasvatīstotra / by Br̥haspati | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 124 | Aṅgārakanyāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 125 | [Viṣṇupūjā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 126 | [Kārttikasnānavidhi] | 1811 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 127 | Tat[t]vamasimahāvākyapañcikaraṇaniropaṇa / by Jñānadeva | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 128 | Veṇugītā from the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, 10th skandha, 20th adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 129 | Sūryastavarāja | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 130 | Yajñopavītaprāyaścitta, followed by Śrāddhavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 131 | Śrīgāyatrīhṛdaya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 132 | Navagṛhastotra / by Vedavyāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 133 | Ṣoḍaśanāmāvalīstotra from the Garuḍapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 134 | Śivasahasranāmastotra from the Mahābhārata, Dānadharma | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 135 | Āvarṇapūjā (sic) | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 136 | Śrīmahāmṛtyuñjayamantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 137 | Gurugītā from the Skandapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 138 | Rudranyāsa | 1818 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 139 | Virapratāpahanumānmālāmantra (sic) | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 140 | [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 141 | [Taittirīyopaniṣad] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 142 | [Taittirīyopaniṣad] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 143 | [Aitareyopaniṣad] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 144 | [Chāndogyopaniṣad] | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 144 [Chāndogyopaniṣad]. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. The Chāndogyopaniṣad, which dates to roughly the 8th century BCE, is one of the central works in classical Hindu philosophy. Indo-Aryan Ms. 144 contains the sixth lecture (prapāṭhaka) featuring the well-known conversation between the father Uddālaka and his son Śvetāketu. Through various analogies, Uddālaka teaches Śvetāketu that one's true self (ātman) is unseen and imperceptible, but also omnipresent. He teaches that it is like when salt is placed in water, for even though the salt has dissolved and seemingly disappeared, it makes the water salty. Just like salt makes water salty while being rendered invisible by dilution, so too does the eternal, unchanging self (ātman) pervade the whole world, even though one does not directly see or perceive it. The capstone of this analogy is Uddālaka's teaching to his son: "That's how you are" (tattvamasi), the Sanskrit aphorism that speaks to the path of self-realization in this Upaniṣad. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 145 | Pavitrāropaṇavidhi from the Nirṇayasindhu | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 146 | Bhajagovinda / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 147 | Śrīrāmacandrāṣṭakastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 148 | Kālabhairavāṣṭakastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 149 | Śaniścarāṣṭakastotra | 1944 [1887] |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 150 | Śaniścarāṣṭakastotra | 1781 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 151 | Śrī Kr̥ṣṇabhakticandrikā / by Anantadeva, son of Āpadeva | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 152 | Śrīkanṭhādimātr̥kānyāsa | 1709 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 153 | Vyāsaśikṣā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 154 | Catasraḥ saṃhitāḥ | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 155 | [Two pictures in red of the left and the right palm, the latter bearing inscriptions] | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 155 [Two pictures in red of the left and the right palm, the latter bearing inscriptions]. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This double-sided folio represents the Sanskrit genre of rekhāśāstra, or the science of palmistry. Many such manuscripts depict the palm highlighted with various lines (rekhā), according to which the palmist can make prognostications about one’s health, lifespan, and personality traits. In the Asian Reading Room, there are a number of secondary sources on rekhāśāstra in various languages: Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, and Gujarati, as well as many English works in the Library’s General Collections. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 156 | [Diagram showing the 7 dvīpas, etc.] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 157 | [Picture of maṇḍala in red, black, and yellow] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 158 | Pañcaślokātmaka prakaraṇa / by Amr̥tānanda, pupil of Brahmānandatīrtha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 159 | [Three drawings] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 160 | Gajendramokṣa from the Mahābhārata, Śāntiparvan | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 161 | [Four astrological tables] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 162 | [Jyotiṣa text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 163 | Devīmānasikapūjana / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 164 | Viṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotra from the Mahābhārata, Śāntiparvan | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 165 | R̥ṇaharastotra from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, Brahma Nārada saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 166 | Mr̥tyuñ[jayavidhi] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 167 | Ādityahr̥dayastotra from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇạ, Kr̥ṣṇa Arjuna saṃvāda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 168 | Van[dyastotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 169 | Sarasvatīstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 170 | [Śrāddhavidhi] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 171 | Maṇikarṇikāstotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 172 | [Devīstotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 173 | Bhagavadgītā | 1729 |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 173 Bhagavadgītā. 1729. Library of Congress Asian Division. Estimated to have been composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the Bhagavadgītā (literally “Song of the Lord”) is one of the most beloved works of Hindu religious literature. The Bhagavadgītā, which is part of the voluminous Mahābhārata epic, is an extended conversation between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer, the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa. When Arjuna’s courage wavers on the battlefield, Kṛṣṇa delivers teachings about the necessity of doing one’s duty without attaching selfishly to the fruits of action, as well as the importance of devotion (bhakti) to God. The image of the manuscript seen here includes verses seven and eight of the text’s fourth chapter, where Kṛṣṇa promises to return, age after age, whenever righteousness declines. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 174 | Tulasīkavaca, from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 175 | Śāradīnavarātrapūjāvidhi | 1844 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 176 | [Pūjāpaddhati] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 177 | Hr̥dayakāśīstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 178 | Ā[ditya]hr̥[dayastotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 179 | Upāṅgalalitāpūjāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 180 | Gāyatrīkavaca from the Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 181 | Nityapūjāvidhi. Nityahomavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 182 | Śaraṇāṣṭaka / by Harirāya | 1801 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 183 | Roṭikāpūjana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 184 | Vyaṅkaṭeśastutistotra from the Vyaṅkaṭagirimāhātmya of the Varāhapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 185 | [Devīstotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 186 | Vyaṅkaṭeśastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 187 | [Sauramantra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 188 | Saurasūkta from the R̥gveda | 1885 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 189 | Saṅkaṭamocanahanumānāṣṭaka / by Tulasī Dāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 190 | Śrīśivādi sarvadevadhyānāni | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 191 | Pañcaratnastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 192 | [Mahimna] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 193 | Śrīrāmasahasranāmāvalī | 1898 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 194 | Śivasahasranāmāvalī | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 194 Śivasahasranāmāvalī. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. A sahasranāma is a Hindu religious text that lists 1,000 names of a particular deity. Reading a sahasranāma calls to mind the deity’s different qualities and stories. This incomplete manuscript has more than 400 names of the Hindu god Śiva. Among his many names, Śiva (auspicious) is also Śambhū (benevolent), Ugra (fierce), and Gaṅgādhara (the one who holds the sacred Gaṅgā River in his matted hair). |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 195 | [Mahā]nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 196 | Śāntistava | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 197 | Pañcamukhīhanumatkavaca | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 198 | Baṭukakavaca from the Rudrayāmala | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 199 | Trailokyavijayanāmagopālakavaca from the Brahmasaṃhitā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 200 | Śivavarmakathana, 12th adhyāya of Skandapurāṇa, Brahmottarakhaṇḍa | 1856 |
| Manuscript Number | Title (select title to link to the full bibliographic record in the online catalog) | Date |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 201 | Devyātharvaśīrṣa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 202 | Gajendramokṣa | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 202 Gajendramokṣa. 19th century. Asian Division. This is a partial manuscript telling the story of the elephant king Gajendra’s liberation (mokṣa) from a crocodile. With his leg caught in the crocodile’s iron-like jaws, Gajendra called out to the god Viṣṇu. Responding quickly to this plea for help, Viṣṇu used his divine discus (sudarśana cakra) to kill the crocodile, rescue his devotee, and whisk him away to the divine abode Vaikuṇṭha. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 203 | Pūtanāvidhāna | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 204 | Śrīviṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotra from the Mahābhārata, Śatasahasrasaṃhitā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 205 | [Pūjāvidhi] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 206 | Jayavarddhanāṣṭaka gaṇapatistotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 207 | Navārṇamantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 208 | Gaṇeśapañcāyanastotra from the Gaṇeśapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 209 | Pradoṣastotra from Brahmottarakhaṇḍa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 210 | Maurkhyahā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 211 | [Vivādārṇavasetu] / compiled by Bāneśvara, et al. | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 212 | Śālibhadramahāmunicaritra | 17th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 213 | Kalpasūtra | 18th/19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 213 Kalpasūtra. 19th century. Asian Division. Attributed to the monk Bhadrabāhu (4th century BC), the Kalpasūtra is an important work in the Jain religious tradition. It contains the sacred biographies of tīrthāṅkaras, literally “ford-makers,” or spiritual adepts who teach and show others the path toward the soul’s liberation from reincarnation. Prominent in this text is the life story of Mahāvīra (6th century BC), the twenty-fourth Jain tīrthāṅkara and near-contemporary of the Buddha in eastern India. Like many Jain scriptures, the language of the text is classified as Prakrit (i.e., Ardhamāgadhī Prākṛt), a type of vernacular that developed historically from Sanskrit. Top image: the chief disciple after Mahāvīra’s passing, Indrabhūti Gautama, surrounded by auspicious symbols. Bottom image: Mahāvīra in the Puṣpottara heaven. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 214 | Anaṅgaraṅga. 2nd aṣṭaka / by Kalyāṇamalla | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 215 | Kapotaṣānti | 1855 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 216 | Dīpapatanaśānti accord. to Baudhāyanasūtra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 217 | Vāstuśāntiprayoga | 1796 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 218 | [Guru ārādhana] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 219 | Āśaucanirṇāya / by Trayambakaśāstrī, son of Raghunāthabhaṭṭa Suri | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 220 | Āśaucadaśaka / by Vijñāneśvara | 1705 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 221 | Gītāmāhātmya from the Vārāhapurāṇa | 1904 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 222 | Saṅkaṣṭanāśanastotra from the Kārtikamāhātmya in the Padmapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 223 | Gaṇapatyatharvaśirṣopaniṣad | 1832 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 224 | [Rāmayāṇamantra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 225 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 226 | Saura[sūkta] | 1795 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227a | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa : 1st-7th sarga | 1805 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227b | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyakāṇḍa : 1st-9th sarga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227c | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Āraṇyakāṇḍa : 1st-10th sarga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227d | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa : 1st-9th sarga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227e | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Sundarakāṇḍa : 1st-5th sarga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227f | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Yuddhakāṇḍa : 1st-16th sarga | 1833 |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 227f Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Yuddhakāṇḍa : 1st-16th sarga . 1833. Asian Division. The Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, a Sanskrit work attributed to the ancient sage Vyāsa and dating roughly to the 14th/15th century, presents the Rāmāyaṇa’s titular hero Rāma as a divine figure and the story’s episodes as an allegory for conquering death. This spiritual (adhyātma) interpretation of Rāma emphasizes his speech and actions as instructive for the soul’s liberation (mokṣa) from the cycle of death and rebirth (saṃsāra). |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 227g | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Uttarakāṇḍa : 1st-9th sarga | 1833 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 228 | Piṇḍapitr̥yajñaprayoga from the Prayogaratna | 1819 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 229 | Sūryahr̥dayastotra from the Vāmanapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 230 | [Ādityopasthāna] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 231a-b | Aitareyabrāḥmana | 1847 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 232 | Śrāddhasaṅkalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 233 | Śrāddhapaddhati | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 234 | Somavatī amāvāsyāvrata | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 235 | Budhāṣṭamīvrata | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 236 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 237 | Mahālakṣmīsahasranāmāvalī from the Karavīramahātmya of the Skandapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 238 | Sandhyātrikāla | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 239 | Devapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 240 | Rudra | 1798 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 241 | Maṇikarṇikāṣṭaka / by Śaṅkarācārya | 1855 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 242 | Aduḥkhanavamīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 243 | Haritālikāvrata | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 244 | Śivagītā from the Padmapurāṇa, 16th adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 245 | Nakṣatraśanti, Tulāpuruṣadānavidhi, Dhenudāna, and Bṛhaspatiśanti | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 246 | Ārādhanaprayoga from the Nāgarakhaṇḍa | 1824 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 247 | Taḍāgādipratiṣṭhāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 248 | Somavatīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 249 | [Vaidikasūktaviśeṣa] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 250 | Nighaṇṭu | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 251 | Kārtavīryārjunastotra from the Ḍamarutantra. Japahomādividhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 252 | Pavitrāropaṇavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 253 | Abhilāṣāṣṭakastotra from the Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 254 | Pīṭhapūrakavratapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 255 | Somavatīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 256 | Sītalāstotra from the Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 257 | Tr̥cākalpavidhāna. Arghyasaṅkhyā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 258 | Maṇḍaladevatāpustaka | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 259 | Saṅkṣepeṇa rudrapaddhati | 1785 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 260 | Utsarjana upākaprayoga | 1860 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 261 | R̥ṣipañcamīkathā from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 262 | R̥ṣipañcamīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 263 | Siddhivināyakacaturthīpūjana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 264 | Caraṇavyūha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 265 | Gr̥[hya]sūtra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 266 | Śikṣā ; Bhr̥gu[śikṣā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 267 | [Taittirīyopaniṣad and Taittirīyāraṇyaka] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 268 | Nārāyaṇa [upaniṣad] | 1835 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 269 | Lakṣahomapaddhati | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 270 | Kūṣmāṇḍahomamantrāḥ | 1794 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 271 | Pañcagavyakalpa from the Baudhāyana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 272 | Madhyakaumudīsamāsa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 273 | Si[ddhānta]kau[mudī] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 274 | [Caurapañcāśikā] with commentary | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 275 | Sarvā[nukramaṇī] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 276 | Māghasnānavidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 277 | Kārtavīryapañcāṅga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 278 | Kautaka Sarvasva ; Dāyasāra / by Govindānanda | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 279 | [Kautuka]sarvasva / [by Gopinātha] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 280 | Vyavasthāsārasaṅgraha. Aśocavyavasthā / by Rāmagovinda Śarman | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 281 | Mr̥tyuñjayavidhāna | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 282 | Saura[sūkta] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 283 | Śrīviṣṇusūkta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 284 | Vāmanasūkta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 285 | Pavamānapariśiṣṭa | 1819 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 286 | [Na tamaṃho na duritam] | 19th century |
This nineteenth-century manuscript is Ṛgveda X.126, which is the 126th hymn from the tenth book of the ancient and voluminous Ṛgveda. This hymn is addressed to Aryaman, Varuṇa, and Mitra, who are the celestial deities known as the Ādityas. Like several other manuscripts of Vedic hymns in the collection, Indo-Aryan Ms. 286 has accent marks in red ink, which indicate different pitches for proper recitation: raised, un-raised, and a blend of the two. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 287 | Pavamāna[sūkta]. 1st-4th adhyāya in the 6th and 7th aṣṭaka | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 288 | [Iti vā iti] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 289 | R̥ṣipañcamīvrata from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 290 | Sarvavratodyāpana | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 291 | Dharmaśāstra as pronounced by the great R̥ṣi Yama | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 292 | Vāmanapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 293 | Dvādaśapañjarikāstotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 1796 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 294 | Vaṭasāvitrīkathā | 1898 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 295 | Tithinirṇaya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 296 | Maṅgalavratapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 297 | Yajñopavītamantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 298 | Arghyadānaprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 299 | Tulāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 300 | [Text on muhūrta with tables] | 1850 |
| Manuscript Number | Title (select title to link to the full bibliographic record in the online catalog) | Date |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 301 | Mantramohadadhi / by Mahīdhara | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 302 | Mātṛkānighaṇṭa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 303 | [Maṅgalayantra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 304 | Devīmāhātmya from the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. 1st-13th adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 305 | [Maṅgaladvādaśanāmastotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 306 | [Aṣṭādhyāyīkramānusārivṛttyudāharaṇāni] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 307 | [Unidentified grammatical work] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 308 | Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, with commentary Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā by Maheśvaratīrtha | 1771 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 309 | [Unidentified Purāṇa text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 310 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 311 | Āśvalāyana annasūkta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 312 | Apākadāna | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 313 | Maṅgalāgaurīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 314 | Viyogagrahaṇaśānti | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 315 | Sāyamaupāsanahoma | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 316 | Ṣodaśanityākavaca from the Kādimatatantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 317 | Vināyakacaturthīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 318 | Navarātrapūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 319 | Śrāddha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 320 | [Part of Ṛgveda X.139] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 321 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 322 | [Ṛgveda X.14] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 323 | Sa[rvadevatāpūjā?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 324 | [Hanumatstotra?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 325 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 326 | Sarasvatīstotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 327 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 328 | [Unidentified Ṛgveda texts] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 329 | Viṣṇordivyaṣodaśanāmastotra from the Garuḍapurāṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 330 | [Parts of Bhagavadgītā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 331 | Śivakavacastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 332 | [Devīstotra?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 333 | Kr̥ṣṇa (or Viṣṇu) sahasranāmavalī | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 334 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 335 | Kālīkr̥ṣṇa amāvāsyāyāṃ pūjāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 336 | Na[varātra?]pū[jā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 337 | Mahāmr̥tyuñjayastotra | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 337 Mahāmṛtyuñjayastotra. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This is a partially complete manuscript of a hymn of praise known as the Mahāmr̥tyuñjayastotra, or “The Great Conquering of Death.” It is the appeal of the young sage Mārkaṇḍeya to the Hindu god Śiva, whose intervention thwarts Yama, the personification of time and death. This hymn, which is found in the larger Skandapurāṇa, highlights the notion of Śiva as the "great lord over death" (mahākāleśvara). Although Indo-Aryan Ms. 337 lacks its beginning, the colophon is seen here in the image above. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 338 | Pālīcīkārīkā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 339 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 340 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 341 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 342 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 343 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 344 | [Saurā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 345 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 346 | [Unidentified parts of Vedic text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 347 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 348 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 349 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 350 | Pūtanāvidhāna | 1794 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 351 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 352 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 353 | Devīsahasranāmavālī followed by Haritālikāpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 354 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 355 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 356 | [Tr̥]cākalpa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 357 | Śrīśānti from the Dharmasindhusāra | 1826 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 358 | Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Uttarakāṇḍa. 2nd adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 359 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 360 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 361 | [Sahasraśīrṣāpuruṣaḥ] | 19th century |
  
Indo-Aryan Ms. 361 [Sahasraśīrṣāpuruṣaḥ]. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This is a partially complete manuscript of the Puruṣasūkta, one of the most well-known cosmogonic myths in the Vedas. In this hymn from the Ṛgveda, everything in the universe emerges from the sacrifice (yajña) of Puruṣa, the cosmic human being with a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet. He is so large that he not only encompasses the entire universe but also extends ten fingers beyond, and his body’s dismemberment gives rise to the different segments of human society. From his mouth comes the priest (brāhmaṇa); from his arms comes the warrior (rājanya); from his thighs comes the merchant (vaiśya); and from his feet comes the servant (śūdra). This particular manuscript contains the first twelve of its sixteen verses. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 362 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 363 | Śrīsūkta, followed by Tr̥cāka[lpa] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 364 | [Part of a Devīstotra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 365 | [Varuṇa upasthāne viniyoga] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 366 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 367 | Mahimnastotra / by Puṣpadanta | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 368 | [Part of a Devīstotra?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 369 | [Saura] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 370 | [Hanumat]dvādaśanāma | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 371 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 372 | Karmav[i]pākagītā | 1776 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 373 | [Durgesmr̥tāharasi] | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 373 Durgesmṛtāharasi. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This manuscript contains two verses addressed to the Hindu goddess in her supreme form of Devī and the specific incarnation as the goddess Durgā. For example, the first verse addresses Durgā as “the goddess who takes away poverty, misery, and fear” (dāridraduḥkhabhayahāriṇikā). |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 374 | [Text on Devī worship] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 375 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 376 | [Prāṇapratiṣṭhāmantra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 377 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 378 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 379 | Kārtavīryārjunastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 380 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 381 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 382 | Upāṅgalalitāpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 383 | Vaiśvadeva | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 384 | Mahāviṣṇupūjā | 1837 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 385 | [Sahanāvavatu] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 386 | [Table of contents [?] of a Sankrit text on religious law] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 387 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 388 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 389 | [A list of books concerning religious law] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 390 | Śivastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 391 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 392 | Pa[vamāna]sū[kta] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 393 | Hanumatkavaca from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, spoken by Rāmacandra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 394 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 395 | Sarva upayogīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 396 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 397 | Bhagavadgītā, 18th adhyāya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 398 | [Text on prayoga] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 399 | Śivaṣaḍākṣarīstotra from the Śivarahasya, Gaurī Nārāyaṇa Saṃvāda | 1878 [1821] |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 400 | [Three lines in twelve columns concerning jyotiṣa] | 19th century |
| Manuscript Number | Title (select title to link to the full bibliographic record in the online catalog) | Date |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 401 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 402 | Kāśīkālabhairanāṣṭakastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 403 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 404 | [Śikṣā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 405 | Bhajagovindam / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 406 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 407 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 408 | [Jyotiṣa] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 409 | [Various texts on śrāddha] | 1858 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 410 | Viṣṇusūkta | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 410 Viṣṇusūkta. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. The Viṣṇusūkta, which comes from the first book of the ancient Ṛgveda, is a hymn to the Hindu god Viṣṇu, whose cosmic strides established the three worlds. His first step covered the whole earth; the second measured the full atmosphere; and the third encompassed the heavens in all their expanse. Not only does this hymn provide one of the early Hindu creation myths, but it also establishes that all beings in these three worlds dwell within the strides of Viṣṇu, a figure later associated with popular incarnations such as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 411 | Sāmudrika / by Samudra. Puruṣalakṣaṇa | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 412 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 413 | Pa[llī]pata[na] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 414 | Sto[tra] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 415 | Ha[rṅ]tā[likāpūjā?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 416 | [A mantra text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 417 | Mauñjīlagnavidyārambhapra[karaṇam] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 418 | Upamanyustotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 419 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 420 | Śiśupālavadha / by Māgha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 421 | Sāmudrakam | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 422 | [A mantra text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 423 | [A mantra text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 424 | [A mantra text?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 425 | Rukmi[nimaṅgala?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 426 | Gra[ha]lā[ghava?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 427 | Diṅkkavimokaḥ [sic] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 428 | U[mā]ma[heśvara?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 429 | Vāmanapūjā | 1840 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 430 | Gaṇapateravatārakathānakam | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 431 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 432 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 433 | Tīrthavidhi | 1840 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 434 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 435 | Mānasapūjā / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 436 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 437 | Pradoṣastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 438 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 439 | Ha[vītālikā?]pū[jā] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 440 | Mahimna[stotra?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 441 | [Mahimnastotra?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 442 | Kālabhairavastotra | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 442 Kālabhairavastotra. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. The Kālabhairavastotra is a Sanskrit composition of praise to Kālabhairava, a fearsome manifestation of the Hindu god Śiva . This text vividly describes Kālabhairava, for example, as “the death of death itself” (kālakāla) and “the first cause of the universe” (ādikaraṇa), who has three eyes, wears snakes, keeps the moon on his head, and holds a trident, axe, noose, and club in his hands. |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 443 | [Nakṣatrasthāpanam?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 444 | [Unidentified Sanskrit list] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 445 | Rudra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 446 | Rūpāvalī | 19th century |
Indo-Aryan Ms. 446 Rūpāvalī. 19th century. Library of Congress Asian Division. This is one of the collection’s several nineteenth-century lithographs, a method of printmaking by means of pressing paper to a stone or flat surface with text written in oil-based ink. This work printed in the aesthetic of a traditional Sanskrit manuscript is a rūpāvalī, a primer for how to decline nouns in the eight cases of Sanskrit grammar: nominative, accusative, instrumental, dative, ablative, genitive, locative, and vocative. The two folios displayed here give declensions for three types of masculine nouns: the proper name Rāma (राम ending with short “a”), the proper name Hari (हरि ending with short “i”), and karin or “elephant” (करिन् ending with “n”). |
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| Indo-Aryan Ms. 447 | Nī[la]ka[ṇṭhī]? | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 448 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 449 | Tī[rthavidhi?] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 450 | Yādīpūjādikapustakasaṅgrahasmaraṇārtha | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 451 | Śāradīnavarātrapūjāvidhi | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 452 | Goḷāṣṭomīpūjā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 453 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 454 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 455 | Śikṣā | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 456 | Sarvānukrama | 1838 |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 457 | Aparādhastotra / by Śaṅkarācārya | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 458 | Śrībhagavadgītāmālāmantra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 459 | [Unidentified Marathi text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 460 | [Collection of vrátas from Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, Hemādri, etc.] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 461 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 462 | Ṣoḍaśanāmastotra | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 463 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 464 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 465 | Tripiṇḍiprayoga | 19th century |
| Indo-Aryan Ms. 466 | [Unidentified Sanskrit text] | 19th century |
