Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_84
A Kātantravyākaraṇa text by Śarvavarmā, with a commentary named Daurgasiṃhavṛtti by the 8th-century Buddhist grammarian Durgāsiṃha, is considered a key work in the Kātant...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_83
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...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_74
This is a Newari commentary on Kapilapātrāvadāna. 'Kapilapātrāvadāna (A version of °), in śloka form, with a vernacular commentary, incomplete' (Matsunami, 1965, pp. 31-3...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_70
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 paṭalas (chapters). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_68
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_56
This is a Sanskrit grammar text contains Dhātugaṇa with their examples.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_53
This manuscript contains various small astrological works, including the following: Lagna Jñāna (Image 6, lower folio); Candramāyā Phala (Image 16, lower folio); Aṅgārayā...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_46
This is a Mahāyānasūtra text that contains 32 chapters, discussing the Buddhist concept of wisdom (Prajñā), the advantages of studying the text, and the possible obstacle...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_34
This text is the third chapter of the Aśokāvadāna. This narrates the story of the birth and life of the Mauryan king Aśoka.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_30
This is a Buddhist logic text in the form of a mini-monograph by Aśokācārya, a 10th-century Buddhist intellectual. The text critiques the Vaiśeṣika concept of the metaphy...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_27
This is an Avadāna text (Buddhist canonical stories). It contains all the stories, but the manuscript is incomplete (folios 175–177, 180, 181, 185–188 are missing). These...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_22
This is a composite manuscript contains two Mahāyānasūtra texts: Amoghapāśahṛdaya and Avalokiteśvarasya Abhayaṃkarī dhāraṇī