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# Encyclopaedic Compendia (Viśvakośa)

Polymathic and royal encyclopaedias spanning multiple śāstras, courtly arts, architecture, music, and daily life.

- **Contents:** 12 works, 5 readable
- **Words:** 334,083

## Main works

- [Shabdakalpadruma (Śabdakalpadruma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.sabdakalpadruma) — Sanskrit; partly digitised
- [Manasollasa (Abhilashitarthacintamani) (Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Sanskrit; 1131 CE; partly digitised
- [Tattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.tattvanidhi) — Sanskrit; partly digitised
- [Lokopakara (Lokopakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.lokopakara) — Kannada; 1025 CE; partly digitised
- [Prapancahridaya (Prapañcahṛdaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.prapancahrdaya) — Sanskrit; 1570 CE; partly digitised

## Contents (10)

- [Lokopakara (Lokopakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.lokopakara) — Kannada; 1025 CE; Cāvuṇḍarāya II; partly digitised
- [Manasollasa (Abhilashitarthacintamani) (Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Sanskrit; 1131 CE; Someśvara III; partly digitised
- [Yuktikalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.yuktikalpataru) — Sanskrit; 1033 CE; Bhoja; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Shabdakalpadruma (Śabdakalpadruma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.sabdakalpadruma) — Sanskrit; Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb; partly digitised
- [Bhupalavallabha (Bhūpālavallabha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.bhupalavallabha) — Sanskrit; 1356 CE; Paraśurāma; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Jayamadhavamanasollasa (Jayamādhavamānasollāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.jayamadhavamanasollasa) — Sanskrit; 1400 CE; Jayasiṃha Sūri; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Simhasudhanidhi (Siṃhasudhānidhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.simhasudhanidhi) — Sanskrit; Devīsiṃha; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Prapancahridaya (Prapañcahṛdaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.prapancahrdaya) — Sanskrit; 1570 CE; Madhusūdana Sarasvatī; partly digitised
- [Shivattvaratnakara (Śivattvaratnākara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.sivattvaratnakara) — Sanskrit; Basava; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Tattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.tattvanidhi) — Sanskrit; Kṛṣṇarāja III; partly digitised

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