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Vimalāvadāna
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Vimalāvadāna is a distinctive avadāna narrative concerning Vimala and his spiritual journey toward Buddhahood. The text is structured through three narrative layers. In t...
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Kārtikāvadāne Saptakumārikā Janmabhūtvā Sukhāvatī Gamana Prakaraṇa
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Saptakumārikāvadāna is a chapter from the Kārtikāvadāna, as indicated in the samāptivākya. The text recounts the merit acquired through the construction, consecration, an...
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Mahāsattvāvadāna
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This peculiar set of manuscripts is from the popular Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra. One of its chapters is the Vyāghrī Jātaka, also known as the Mahāsattvāvadāna. The first page...
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Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā
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The short manuscript entitled Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā (“The Tale of Viśvantara”) is a Sanskrit verse narrative concerning Viśvantara. It describes in detail his life...
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Poṣadhāvadāna
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Poṣadhāvadāna is a short work belonging to the Avadāna literature that emphasizes the significance of upoṣatha as a practice of aspiration and the strengthening of śīla (...
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Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtrarāja
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The Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtrarāja is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture composed primarily in verse (padya). The manuscript comprises twenty chapters and extends over 178 fo...
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Ārya Sukhāvatīvyūha Nāma Mahāyāna Sūtra and Durgatipariśodhanī Abhisamayasādhanam
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The Sukhāvatīvyūha is a Mahāyāna sūtra preached by the Buddha at Gṛdhrakūṭa (Vulture Peak) in Rājagṛha to an assembly of monks, bodhisattvas, and celestial beings. He was...
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Pañcarakṣā Sūtra (Ārya Mahāpratisarā Sūtra and Ārya Mahāsāhasrapramardanī Sūtra)
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The Ārya Mahāpratisarā Dhāraṇī was preached by the Tathāgata while dwelling on the summit of Vajrameru (Vajrameruśikhara) in the presence of an assembly of monks, bodhisa...
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Sitātapatratā nāma Aparājitā Mahāpratyaṅgirā Mahāvidyārājñī
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The Buddha gave the teaching of the protective dhāraṇī Mahāpratyaṅgirā in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to the gods led by Indra. This assembly included monks, celestial beings...
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Ārya Kāraṇḍavyūha Mahāyāna Sūtra Ratnarāja
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About Painting in folio 1 (image 004) The first image portrays Buddha Amitabha. Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, standing on either side of him. The Buddha is seated upon a d...
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Mahāmegha samādhi Varṣā Paṇa
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This manuscript records different nagas i.e., serpents common in Nepalese tradition. There relation with rain. Scibe is written in good manner but the colophone is missin...
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Vajra Nairātma Devī Hṛdaya Mantrodhāraṇī
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The scibe written this manuscript beautifully with different red ink where emphasis is necessary. The mantras of some explicite meanings were used frequently.