Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_270
It is a text that outlines 1000 names of the Goddess Bhavāni. It is a part of the Rudrayāmala Tantra and is structured as a dialogue between Nandī and Rudra. An entry wit...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_263
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_259
Bṛhajjātakavṛtti is a commentary on Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka, a foundational text on horoscope astrology. This commentary provides extensive elucidation of Varāhamihira...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_256
Written by the Buddhist poet Aśvaghoṣa, a contemporary of Emperor Kanishka, this mahākāvya (epic poem) narrates the life of the Buddha in verse. Only thirteen cantos of t...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_254
Baṭukabhairavasya sahasranāmastotra is derived from the from the Umā-Maheśvara saṃvāda. The colophon indicates that this text is a hymn that invokes a thousand names of o...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_252
This is the name a commentary by Candrakīrti on the Madhyamakaśāstra of Nāgārjuna. Candrakīrti is a Buddhist writer; pupil of Dharmapāla; elder contemporary of Candragomi...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_245
An account of the optional fast called Uposadha or Posadha. It is said to have been imparted by Śakhya himelf. The work is divided into three chapters. The 1st treats of...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_240
Buddhist ceremonies. spoken by Mañjuśrī. from Sarvatathāgatadvādaśasahasra-pārājikāvinayasūtra (NCC) "The Pāpaparimocananirdeśa treats rituals of purification and atoneme...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_229
Jumbled pagination in some places. Folia not arranged numerically.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_228
Old manuscript leaves are put together with new papers creating disorder in the pagination. Matsunami mentions "unusuable". Two leaves with fol. no. 73, 122 and 123 each....
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_226
Pictures of Vairocana (fol. 1b), Pratisarā (fol. 2a), Akṣobhya (fol. 38b), Sāhasrapramardinī (fol. 39a), Amoghasiddhi (fol. 133b), Śītavatī (fol. 134a), Amitābha (fol. 13...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_219
Folio 1 a, 1b damaged. Folios 17 a to 23b have a torn corner. Tear on 32a and 32b. Current condition of the manuscript is fragmented, with Chp 12, 16 and a chapter. Origi...