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Cikitsā manuscript preview

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Cikitsā

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The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Āyurvedic medical literature. It contains numerous medicinal formulations, powders (cūrṇa), pills (guṭikā), decoctions, and the...

Gorakhaguṭikā manuscript preview

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Gorakhaguṭikā

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On the basis of the extant text, Gorakhaguṭikā may be identified as a multi-part tantric manual associated with the Nātha tradition. The manuscript is divided into severa...

Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī manuscript preview

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Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī

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On the basis of the introductory verses and prose passages, the manuscript can be identified as a Nepalese Vaṃśāvalī (dynastic chronicle). The text explicitly states that...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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The complete colophon establishes that the manuscript is not an independent work entitled Ratnadhvajāvadāna, but rather the sixth chapter (ṣaṣṭhamo'dhyāyaḥ) of the Vicitr...

Dhanakara Vaṇija kathā manuscript preview

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Dhanakara Vaṇija kathā

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text or avadāna in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on Dhanakara, a wealthy merchant whose life is transformed through Budd...

Nidhāna kathā manuscript preview

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Nidhāna kathā

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on a figure named Nidhāna, probably a householder-devotee associated with a signif...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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This manuscript contains the eighth chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna, entitled Manasarmā-duḥkha-bhogina-cittoddhāraṇa. The chapter narrates the sufferings of a person...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist Avadāna text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari), specifically the first chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna. It narrates the story of a weal...

Viriñci-Nārāyaṇa-avatāra manuscript preview

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Viriñci-Nārāyaṇa-avatāra

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The manuscript is most likely a Vaiṣṇava devotional narrative describing the rescue of Gajendra by Lord Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa). Its central theme is the efficacy of devotion an...

Dharmashrīvālaka kathā manuscript preview

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Dharmashrīvālaka kathā

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) that recounts the life, birth, virtues, and meritorious deeds of a devotee named Dharmashr...

Citraviṃśaty-avadāna manuscript preview

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Citraviṃśaty-avadāna

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The manuscript contains the Śṛṅgabhērī-kathā, a narrative included in the Citraviṃśaty-avadāna and connected with the Lakṣacaitya-vrata. The text was likely composed to p...

Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna manuscript preview

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Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna

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The manuscript appears to contain the opening chapter of the Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna, a Buddhist narrative text. The colophon reads: “Iti Śrī Śṛṅgabhērīvadāne Pūjā-puṇyānusaṃ...