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Daśabhūmīśvara manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Daśabhūmīśvara

EAP1296/2/33

This is written in an exercise book so is comparatively recent. A Mahāyāna sutra text, it defines ten different stages or bhūmī for attaining Buddhahood.

Cacā (?) Unidentified manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Cacā (?) Unidentified

EAP1296/2/29

This is written in an exercise book so is comparatively recent. It has at least four different works written in different inks and different hand writings, making it hard...

Laṅkāvatārasūtra manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Nepala Saṃvat - 969 (1848 ce.)

Laṅkāvatārasūtra

EAP1296/2/27

A Mahayana Buddhist sutra, said to have been preached by the Buddha in Lanka, first to the serpent king, and then, at the invitation of Rāvana, to an assembly of monks an...

Bhāvanā yāyenhu manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Bhāvanā yāyenhu

EAP1296/2/24

This is a recent manuscript, written in an exercise book. This is a Newari text on cultivation of mind, also signifies to contemplation and spiritual cultivation.

Daśāvatāra praśna manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Nepala Saṃvat - 865 (1744 ce.)

Daśāvatāra praśna

EAP1296/2/22

This is an astrological text, that discusses graha, rāśi, lagna and their planetary positions during each month. The last part describes how anyone can improve their fate...