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Caryāgīta Saṁgraha
EAP1296/2/225 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Newari
This has salutation songs dedicated to Buddhist deities. These are called Caryāgīta, and are sung in accompaniment to ritual dances.
Śatasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra
EAP1296/2/5 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text. It is written in an exercise book, so is comparatively recent."
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MS Persian 53 Language : Persian Scripts : Nasta'līq
This text is a Persian translation of Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira on astrology. Varāhamihira’s work 104 chapters whether this text has 96. Eight chapters were omitted as diverging from the teachings of Islam.
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MS Persian 77 Language : Persian Scripts : Shikastah
This 18th-century text is arranged alphabetically, and mentions the origin of the medicine (e.g., Indian, Greek, Persian traditions) .
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MS Persian 373 Language : Persian Scripts : Nasta'līq with elements of Shikastah
A 17th-century text on the seven heavens, seven planets, constellations, zodiac signs, love charms, spells for victory in war, and a section on philosophy and mathematics of which only a small part survives. Writrten on fine Oriental paper,it includes miniature-paintings.
Kitab-i viladat-i Iskandar
MS Persian 474 Language : Persian Scripts : Naskh script.
The personal horoscope of Iskandar Sultan, ruler of Fars, dated AH 813/1411 CE, it has a painting of planetary positions at the time of his birth (f. 18 and 19) and other exquisite examples of the Shiraz school of art. It was compiled by 'Imad al-Munajjim, possibly the grandfather of Ulugh Beg’s court astronomer, Jamshld al-Kashi (Fatemeh Keshavarz 1984), to whom the calligraphy is also ascribed.
Jām-i gītī 'numā
MS Persian 495 Language : Persian Scripts : Nastaliq with elements of Naskh
A treatise on philosophy (f.1 damaged notes in Latin); dated 1715, copied for Beg’zadah, by Muhammad Husayn Isfahani. Contains the fatihah and the first 26 maqsads.
Haṭhapradīpa
MS Sanskrit O.36 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnāgarī
A manuscript on yoga, and the practice of āsanas, prāṇāyāma, mudrā, bandha and ṣaṭkarma.
Lagnacandrikā
MS Sanskrit alpha 721 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnāgarī
The manuscript is on Jyotiṣa. There are references to phala, lagna, rāśi etc.
MS Sanskrit alpha 978 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnāgarī
A collection of brief hymns addressed to Hindu deities and ‘ekaśloki’ summaries of the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata. Texts are in Sanskrit, each prefigured by an illustration and a title page with the Sanskrit title in Farsi script.
Siddhānta Muktāvalī
MS Sanskrit alpha 2173 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devnāgarī
The manuscript is on Tatvajñana
[Haṭhapradīpikā] Uḍḍīśaśāstra; Sugrīvapraśna
MS Sanskrit alpha 2220 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Śāradā
This is a composite manuscript contains Uḍḍīśaśāstra and Sugrīvapraśna text.