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Kāmaratna manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Nepala Saṃvat - 949 (?) (1828 ce.)

Kāmaratna

EAP1296/2/121

According to NCC this is a Tantra text on medicine, magic, enticement, poison-cure, alchemy. Some manuscripts identify the author as Pārvatīputra Nityanātha, others as Nā...

Suvarṇaprabhāsottama Sūtra manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Nepala saṃvat - 971 (1850 ce.)

Suvarṇaprabhāsottama Sūtra

EAP1296/2/115

A Mahāyāna Sūtra, said to be uttered by the Buddha on Gṛdhrakūṭaparvata at Rājagṛha, and highly revered in Mongolia (NCC). Its fundamental message teaches that the Four H...

Śāntisāra manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Śaka - 1813 (1891 ce.)

Śāntisāra

EAP1296/2/74

This is a printed copy of a Hindu ritual text. The post colophon describes the genealogy of the author as: Dinakarabhaṭṭa son of Rāmakṛṣṇabhṭṭa, son of Nārāyaṇabhṭṭa, son...

Jātakālaṅkāra manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Saṃvata 1945 (1888 ce.)

Jātakālaṅkāra

EAP1296/2/73

This is a text on astrology. It contains details about its printed version: Babu Kailesvara Singh is the owner of the building with the printing press, and owner of the s...

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...