Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
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Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa is a chapter from the Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra. It narrates the story of the celestial being Sukuṇḍaladeva, who suff...
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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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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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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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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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The Bhīmarathārohaṇa ritual is a Newar ceremonial tradition performed for elders at the age of 77 years, 7 months, 7 weeks, and 7 days. The manuscript documents this ritu...
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Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna is a post-death ritual text based on the Durgatipariśodhana Tantra. It is a manual for performing rites for the deceased, aimed at facilitating the l...
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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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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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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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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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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...