A sixteenth-century epic poem in Telugu, authored by the Vijayanagara king, Krishnadevaraya. It narrates the story of Andal, one of the twelve Alvars or Vaishnava poet-saints of medieval southern India.
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An illustrated manuscript of the epic poem celebrating the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah (r. 1553–65). The poem, composed in…
A minor Upanishad often classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads, it is one of the nineteen late-Vedic texts…
A sacred text belonging to the Tibetan Buddhist canon, comprising commentaries, treatises and a collection of abhidharma (ancient Buddhist texts).…
One of the eighteen major Puranas, the Bhagavata Purana is dedicated to Vaishnavism and promotes the devotional worship of Krishna.…
A body of texts written in Sanskrit and considered to be the latter part of the Vedas. They cover issues…
Originating from the Sanskrit word for "seal" or "mark," it is a symbol or ritual gesture that is performed using…
The memoir of Zahiruddin Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. Written in the Chagatai language in an autobiographical style,…
One of the two major ancient Indian epics written in Sanskrit, it is believed to have been composed by Valmiki…