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Pañcarakṣā Sūtra manuscript preview TUCL

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Pañcarakṣā Sūtra

EAP1023/25/36

Pancharaksha Sutra is a Buddhist Protective Sutra belonging to Mahayana Buddhism. There are five sutra that constitute Pancharaksha. They are to protect from evil deeds o...

Śīghrabodha manuscript preview TUCL

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Śīghrabodha

EAP1023/25/29

This is an astrological text, it consists four prakaraṇas: vivāhaprakaraṇa, muhūrtaprakaraṇa, arghaprakaraṇa and ketūdayādiphalaprakaraṇa or saṃvatsaraprakaraṇa.

Jayākhya Saṁhitā manuscript preview TUCL

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Jayākhya Saṁhitā

EAP1023/25/28

Jayakhya Samhita is one of the three gems of most important Samhitas. The other two are Satvata Samhita and Pushkara Samhita. They are Pancharatra texts. This work is one...

Jayākhya Saṁhitā manuscript preview TUCL

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Jayākhya Saṁhitā

EAP1023/25/27

Jayakhya Samhita is one of the three gems of most important Samhitas. The other two are Satvata Samhita and Pushkara Samhita. They are Pancharatra texts. This work is one...

Mahākala Saṁhitā manuscript preview TUCL

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Mahākala Saṁhitā

EAP1023/25/22

Mahakala Samhita is a Tantric text related to Goddess Mahakali. It is believed to have been composed in the 10th century and is ascribed to Adinath. Mahakali is the chief...

Mudrārākṣasa manuscript preview TUCL

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Mudrārākṣasa

EAP1023/25/20

An incomplete manuscript of the Sanskrit play by Viśākhadatta on the ascent to power of King Candragupta Maurya, dated to the sixth century CE. The seventh (last) aṅka is...

Kālikā Purāṇa manuscript preview TUCL

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Kālikā Purāṇa

EAP1023/25/17

A complete text of the purāṇa, also called Satī Purāṇa, thought to originate in the Assam region in the 10th‒11th centuries. It includes the story of Satī, of sacred site...

Kaṇṭhāvatāra manuscript preview TUCL

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Kaṇṭhāvatāra

EAP1023/25/14

This has the 18th and 19th paṭala (chapter) of the text, which describes yoginīcakras and characteristics of yoginīs as told by God Bhairava. It is written in Pracalit Ne...

Śivagītā manuscript preview TUCL

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Śivagītā

EAP1023/25/12

A text of Vedantic Śaivism from the Śiva-Rāghavasaṃvāda, in the Uttara Kāṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa. The manuscript goes upto Mokṣayoga (16th adhyāya). The work is ascribed...

Aṣṭavargasādhana manuscript preview TUCL

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Aṣṭavargasādhana

EAP1023/25/9

A book on astrology in pracalit Newari, whose authorship is attributed to Sugrīva.

Utpāta lakṣaṇam manuscript preview TUCL

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Utpāta lakṣaṇam

EAP1023/25/8

The first part of the manuscript has ‘Utpāta Lakṣaṇam’ (Utpāta rakṣaṇam?), which is attributed to Āryāvalokiteāśvara. It is followed by a text on astrology, and over 19 f...