Meghasūtra

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This Mahāyāna text (sometimes translated as the ‘cloud sermon’) records the Buddha teaching the Nāgarājas (serpent kings) rites to invoke rain through the power of dhāraṇīs.

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Extra Collection: Sanskrit
Extra Condition: Good
Extra Date Of The Ms.: Nepāla Saṃvat - 951 (1830/31 C.E.)
Extra Folia: "39"
Extra Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b100829202
Extra Material: Paper
Extra Physical Completeness: Complete
Extra Scribe Person: Paramānanda
Extra Sheet Dimensions: 246 × 75 mm.

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Reference number: ark:/12148/btv1b100829202
Language: Sanskrit
Script: Devanagari
Subject: Rituals
Place of origin: France
Repository / institution: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Public access: Published public record

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