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Pañcarakṣāsūtra manuscript preview

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Pañcarakṣāsūtra

eap_79015014

This is a Buddhist tantra text containing mantras dedicated to five Buddhist deities. The original text dedicates mantras in five sections, one for each deity; however, t...

Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma manuscript preview

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Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma

eap_79015013

A Buddhist stotra text praising the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara through the chanting of his 108 names. The text is composed of 108 verses and is written on black paper in...

Yogāmbaratantra-yogamantradhyāna manuscript preview

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Yogāmbaratantra-yogamantradhyāna

eap_79015012

A Buddhist tantric text praising the Buddhist deity Yogāmbara; it is believed that he is the principal deity of the “Yogāmbara Maṇḍala” and belongs to the family of dhyān...

Śākyasiṃha-stotra manuscript preview

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Śākyasiṃha-stotra

eap_79015011

This is a Buddhist stotra text praising Śākyasiṃha, composed in five verses. The colophon states that the stotra is extracted from the Svayambhūpurāṇa and attributes its...

Unidentified Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Unidentified Dhāraṇī

eap_79015008

This is a Buddhist text which, based on its context, appears to be a dhāraṇī text. Because the manuscript is missing folios, the colophon is also missing; therefore, the...

Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra manuscript preview

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Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra

eap_79015004

It appears that the manuscript is part of a larger work and contains several Buddhist texts. The recto side of the first folio contains a colophon of the Pratisarāstuti o...

Bhīmasenadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Bhīmasenadhāraṇī

eap_79015003

This is a dhāraṇī composed in 35 verses dedicated to Bhima, second of the five Paṇḍava brothers, who vowed to kill Duśśāsana, a key antagonist in the Mahābhārata. "Bhīmas...

Vasudharā-vratakathā manuscript preview

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Vasudharā-vratakathā

eap_79015002

A vrata text describes the story of the Buddhist deity Vasudhārā. The manuscript contains an illustration of the deity Vasudhārā on folio 1b.