Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Mahayana Buddhist sutra, said to have been preached by the Buddha in Lanka, first to the serpent king, and then, at the invitation of Rāvana, to an assembly of monks an...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A collection of 100 Buddhist stories relating the deeds of previous lives to present experience.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Mahayana Buddhist sutra that tells the story of Gautama Buddha from his descent from Tushita until his first sermon at Sarnath.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100822263
The Mahayana ‘Lotus Sutra’, which explains that the Tathagata did not pass on into final nirvana, but is still active teaching the Dharma.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083211s
This derives from the Skandapurana, and describes the sacredness of Kāśī, also known as Anandvan and Vārāṇasī.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082797b
A Śaiva-Tantra text dedicated to Maheśvaratejānandanātha with commentary by Nāgabhaṭṭa. This manuscript has eight paṭalas out of ten.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100821972
A Vajrayāna Buddhist text on the worship of Sambara and Heruka. Hevajra is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Vajrayana Buddhism.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narrratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhi...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A Buddhist Mahāyāna Sūtra dated to c. 200 to 300 CE. It chronicles the journey of Sudhana who encounters various teachings and Bodhisattvas until he reaches full circle a...