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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Jayakhya Samhita

A Pancharatra Samhita preserving Vaishnava ritual, iconographic and theological instruction.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Lakshmi Tantra

A Pancharatra text presenting teaching through the voice and theology of Lakshmi.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Pancharatra Agamas

A Vaishnava scriptural family concerned with divine manifestations, temple worship and ritual discipline.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Shaiva Agamas

A family of Shaiva scriptures concerned with theology, temple worship, ritual and spiritual practice.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Shakta Tantras

A diverse family of Goddess-centred scriptures; practice and theology are lineage dependent.

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