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Pañcabuddha-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Pañcabuddha-dhāraṇī

eap_79014010

This text contains five dhāraṇīs (spells) praising the five Buddhas: Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, and Amoghasiddhi. The manuscript includes an illustrati...

Lokeśvara-aṣṭottara-śataka manuscript preview

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Lokeśvara-aṣṭottara-śataka

eap_79014006

A stotra text composed of 108 verses praising the different forms of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara-Lokeśvara. The manuscript depicts an illustration of Mañjunātha-Lokeśv...

Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī

eap_79014005

A Buddhist Dhāraṇī text contains mystic mantras for the veneration of the nine planets. These mantras belong to the Tantric class. The text describes the rituals of worsh...

Āryya-Aparimitānāma-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryya-Aparimitānāma-dhāraṇī

eap_79014004

This text is considered holy and describes how it can benefit a household if it is written, preserved, and chanted, enabling them to live for a hundred years. It reflects...

Ārya-Tārā-Sragdharā-Stotra manuscript preview

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Ārya-Tārā-Sragdharā-Stotra

eap_79014002

This is a Buddhist stotra text composed in the Sragdharā metre in praise of the goddess Tāra. The text consists of 37 verses composed by Sarvajñamitra, a Kashmiri poet. T...

Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā manuscript preview

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Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā

eap_79014018

It appears that the manuscript is a fragment of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā text. The manuscript contains only the first folio, which includes the opening portion of...

Unknown Fragment of a mantra text on Vajrasattva manuscript preview

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Unknown Fragment of a mantra text on Vajrasattva

eap_79014017

A fragment of a Buddhist text, composed in verses praising the Buddhist deity Vajrasattva. The manuscript contains an illustration of Vajrasattva on folio 1b. Only the op...

Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī

eap_79014014

A dhāraṇī (spell) text praising the Buddhist deity Hāratī. In the Newar region of Nepal, the deity was worshipped by followers of the Newar Mahāyāna–Vajrayāna tradition.

Vasudhārāyānāmāṣṭottaraśata manuscript preview

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Vasudhārāyānāmāṣṭottaraśata

eap_79014012

A mantra text composed in 24 verses, praising the Buddhist goddess Vasudhārā through her 108 names. The manuscript contains an illustration of Vasudhārā on folio 1b.