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Svayambhū-purāṇa exists in several versions of varying lengths. The present work is the shortest and likely the earliest version of the text, believed to have been composed around the 15th century. It consists of eight chapters (paricchedas). The first chapter is titled Svayambhū-caitya-bhaṭṭārakoddeśe-taduddeśa (f.1b–5a), and the final chapter is Nepālaviṣaye-mahāprabhāva (f.3b–34a). In the colophon, the manuscript refers to this work as Svayambhūcaitya-purāṇa.
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