Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_321
Lakṣacaityabimbakathā is the third chapter of the Sarvajñamitrāvadāna and begins with the frame story of Upagupta and Aśoka.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_319
The Raṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture included in the Ratnakūṭa (Kāsyapīya) anthology of sūtras. As a paripṛcchā, a text structured around a dia...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_317
"A collection of stories regarding persons who in former times attained Buddhahood. The stories are said to have been related by a saint named Upagupta to the emperor Aśo...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_316
"A collection of stories regarding persons who in former times attained Buddhahood. The stories are said to have been related to a saint named Upagupta to the emperor Aśo...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_312
This manuscript contains the Yogāmbarīsādhanaratnamālā, along with a fragment of another tantric work and a Yogāmbarārādhana fragment. The Ratnamāla is considered one of...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_310
Yogāmbarāvidhi is a tantric ritual text extracted from the Ātmapiṭha of Catuḥpīṭha Bṛhatmahātantra. The Catuḥpīṭha is a yoginītantra comprising four subchapters, centered...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_306
Contains the Pramitākṣarā commentary with the main text Muhūrtacintāmaṇi. "Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a manual and treatise on divination and re...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_305
Said to be a collection of works which originated from Nepal and are also attributed to Buddhist tantric author Buddhaśrījñānapāda. Same work is known under the name of M...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_303
Māndhātāvadāna explores the karmic consequences of ambition. King Māndhātā attains miraculous powers through virtuous rule, bringing prosperity to his people. Over time,...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_297
"The Mahāvastu avadāna contains the biography of Gautama buddha, and is filled with stories and miracles accompanying his extraordinary conception, birth, renunciation, e...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_294
The Mahāmeghasūtra presents a discourse between the Buddha Śākyamuni and the bodhisattva Great Cloud, also referred to as Great Cloud Secret Storehouse or Great Cloud Ess...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_291
"Mahāpratisarā is one of five female protectors (Rakṣā) of Vajrayana Buddhism, who remains important in the Newar Buddhism of Nepal. In the Pañcarakṣasūtra, her dhāraṇī i...