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Composed Manuscript: Kāraṇḍavyūha nāma mahāyānasūtraratnarāja; Mañjuśrījñānasattvasya-paramārtha-nāmasaṅgīti; Vasudhārādhāraṇī; Vasudhārāyāḥ nāmāṣṭottaraśataka

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A composite manuscript contains four different texts: Kāraṇḍavyūha nāma mahāyānasūtraratnarāja; Mañjuśrījñānasattvasya-paramārtha-nāmasaṅgīti; Vasudhāradhāraṇī; Vasudhārā...

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Kāraṇḍavyūhanāmamahāyānasūtraratnarāja

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The Kāraṇḍavyūha is an early Mantrayāna sūtra and the source of the famous mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ. This sūtra holds particular significance, as the mantra has become ce...

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Kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarāja

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The Kāraṇḍavyūha is an early Mantrayāna sūtra and the source of the famous mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ. This sūtra holds particular significance, as the mantra has become ce...

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Subodhinīgaṇaṭippaṇikā

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It seems that the text is a commentary (ṭippaṇikā) on Kātantravyākaraṇa by Durgāsiṃha. Matsunami also raised a question regarding the text, as he thinks it could be the K...

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Kavikumārakathā

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A Jātaka story taken from the Vratāvadānamālā, in which Upagupta tells the story of Prince Kavikumāra to King Aśoka. According to Upagupta’s narration, this story was fir...

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Kavikalpalatā

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An Alaṁkāra text contains four stavakas by Deveśvara, the son of Vāgbhaṭa, who was the prime minister to the king of Mālava. The text serves as a manual for poets, drawin...

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Kalparājamahātantra

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This Buddhist Āgama text comprises 13 paṭalas (chapters), making it a relatively rare text in the Buddhist tradition. The chapters are as follows: Vajrasatvādijñātvāsaṃve...

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Kapiśāvadāna

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An Avadāna text containing nine chapters describes the importance of almsgiving. The text is associated with the previous Buddha, Dīpaṅkara. The story begins in a large a...

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Kapiśāvadāna

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An Avadāna text containing nine chapters describes the importance of almsgiving. The text is associated with the previous Buddha, Dīpaṅkara. The story begins in a large a...

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Kavitāvadāna

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The Avadāna text comprises 18 chapters. While Matsunami refers to this text as Kapīśāvadāna, the colophon of the manuscript identifies it as Kavitāvadāna. Kapīśāvadāna co...

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Kapilapātrāvadāna

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A Buddhist text narrates the story of previous Buddha Dīpaṅkara Buddha. It also discusses Buddhist rituals to praise the Buddhas. This seems to be a rare text.

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Kaṭhināvadānavyākhyā

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A commentary on the Kaṭhināvadāna, a text that discusses the merits of charity, abstinence, and other virtues during the one-month period of Kaṭhina (Buddhist abstention)...

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