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A composite manuscript contains four different texts: Kāraṇḍavyūha nāma mahāyānasūtraratnarāja; Mañjuśrījñānasattvasya-paramārtha-nāmasaṅgīti; Vasudhāradhāraṇī; Vasudhārāyāḥ nāmāṣṭottaraśataka. First text is incomplete, it describes the qualities of Avalokiteśvara (folio 1b to folio 59a) folio 50 is missing. The second text (folio 59b to folio 72a) is a late-Buddhist Tantric text often placed at the beginning of devotional volumes by Buddhist compilers, the Paramārthanāmasangīti consists of groups of songs (gāthā) attributed to the Buddha. These songs guide the believer through various levels of knowledge, leading to the highest understanding (jñāna) (Harrassowitz, 1984, p. 134). Third text (folio 72b to 83a) describes Buddha's teachings on overcoming poverty (NCC, vol-27, p.266) and fourth text (83a to 84a) dedicated to Buddhist deity Vasudhārā.
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