Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_132
An Avadāna text, being the 8th chapter of the Aśokāvadānamālā (Matsunami, 1965, p. 55) , is a part of the Aśoka-Upagupta chronicles, in which Upagupta narrates and explai...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_125
This is a Buddhist Tantra text that deals with spiritual practices and mantras. It describes 14 vidhis, and afterward, the text provides detailed descriptions of mudrās a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_123
This is a composite manuscript containing short works on astrology. The works it contains are: Cakravyūhāṣṭadhākoṭavikāra (f. 1b-8a), Kaśīśvarīmahāgamapraśnaśāstra (f. 9a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_122
A Buddhist Dhāraṇī text contains mystic mantras for the veneration of the nine planets. These mantras belong to the Tantric class. The text describes the rituals of worsh...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_118
This is a collection of Buddhist rituals, influenced by Hindu Tantric collections authored by Kuladatta, a Buddhist teacher. The text consists of 8 prakaraṇas containing...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_117
This is a collection of Buddhist rituals, influenced by Hindu Tantric collections authored by Kuladatta, a Buddhist teacher. The text consists of 8 prakaraṇas containing...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_111
A 14th century (probably) Tantra text composed by Jagaddarpaṇa, also known as Darpaṇācārya, is a significant work on Tantric rituals. It plays a key role in monastic arch...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_109
A text on jyotiṣa is divided into four prakaraṇas. Each prakaraṇa is identified by a letter (a, va, pa, and da), with further subdivisions within each. It appears that th...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_106
A Śaiva tantra manuscript contains incomplete chapters from the Manthānabhairava Kumārikākhaṇḍa. It seems that the manuscript originally included additional chapters from...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_103
A Sanskrit Mahākāvya (epic) written by Kālidāsa, a 4th-century Sanskrit poet, who is well-known for his poetic creations. In some versions, the text contains 17 chapters...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_102_3
A Buddhist ritual text discusses the merits of the caityavrata, ahorātravrata, and Kārtikāvrata. This text is written in the kathā (storytelling) style. The story goes th...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_102_2
An Avadāna text praises the giving of alms-bowls to Buddhist mendicants. The story tells of Sarvānanda, the king of the great city of Dīpavatī, who once visited the renow...