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

Puranas

Mudgala Purana

A Ganapatya Purana preserving accounts of Ganesha’s manifestations and religious teaching.

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

Smriti & Dharmashastra

Narada Smriti

Narada Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.

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

Puranas

Naradiya Purana

Naradiya Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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

Darshanas

Nyaya Sutra

Foundational teaching on reasoning, knowledge, debate and liberation in Nyaya.

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

Puranas

Padma Purana

Padma Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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

Agamas & Tantras

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

Smriti & Dharmashastra

Parashara Smriti

Parashara Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.

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

Puranas

Puranas

Cosmology, genealogies, sacred narratives and pilgrimage traditions.

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

Itihasa

Ramayana

Valmiki’s epic follows Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman through exile, the abduction of Sita, the war in Lanka and the return to Ayodhya.

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

Shruti

Rigveda

A collection of Vedic hymns in ten mandalas, addressed to powers including Agni, Indra, Soma, Varuna and Ushas.

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

Shruti

Samaveda

A Vedic collection organized for liturgical chanting, drawing many verses from the Rigveda.

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

Darshanas

Samkhya Karika

Verses presenting classical Samkhya, including the distinction between Purusha and Prakriti.

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