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Dāna Vākyāvalī
EAP1023/20/6 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A text on offerings to the nine planets
Śivarātri Vratakathā
EAP1023/20/7 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is a story from the Linga Purana, one of the 18 Mahapuranas, and a Shaivite text. It is to be recited while observing the fast for Shivaratri, the holy night dedicated to performing rituals and puja for Siva.
Dhanaňjaya Kośa
EAP1023/20/8 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A work by the eleventh-century Jain writer Dhananjaya
Siddhivināyaka Pujā
EAP1023/20/9 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This describes the ritual of puja to Siddhivinayaka Ganesh
Pāṇinīyaśikṣā
EAP1023/20/10 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A work ascribed to Panini, author of Ashtadhyayi (c. sixth century BCE)
Gṛhyasūtra
EAP1023/20/11 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A manual on Hindu domestic religious ceremonies performed by both male and female householders before the fire. Together with the Shrauta Sutras, which deal with the grand Vedic sacrifices, and the Dharma Sutras, which deal with rules of conduct, these make up the Kalpa Sutras, the collections of texts that emerged within different Vedic schools. The Grihya Sutras describe the ceremonies that mark each stage of an individual’s life, from the moment of conception to the final death rites; the five daily sacrifices, seasonal ceremonies; and those observed on special occasions, such as house building or cattle breeding.
Jātakābharaṇa
EAP1023/20/12 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
A text on astrology from the 15th century (later translated into Hindi as Jhanka-Bhawan and into Farsi as Miftāḥ al-nujūm)
Māhādīpa Māhātmya
EAP1023/20/13 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
Mahadipa literally means 'huge lamp'. It is a Hindu ritual of offering a huge lamp to a deity. The text describes the structure of the light-offering ritual.
Gayatrī Japa Vidhana
EAP1023/20/14 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
Gāyatrī Mantra, also known as the Sāvitrī Mantra, is a highly revered mantra from the Rig Veda [Rgveda] dedicated to the Sun. Gāyatrī is the name of the Vedic meter in which the verse is composed. Its recitation is traditionally preceded by 'oṃ'. This text deals with the rules and procedures of reciting the Gayatri Mantra.
Karṇa Bhedha
EAP1023/20/15 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is a text called Upanayana Vidhi. It is also called Chuda Karma Vidhi. It is a Hindu life-cycle ritual ritual performed for a boy at early age by his family to authorize him to perform all rituals.
Kālikā Puja Vidhi
EAP1023/20/16 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagari
This is a Puja ritual of Kalika or Durga.