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Gātilā Dharmayā Vidhāna + Aṣṭamī Vrata Vidhāna manuscript preview

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Gātilā Dharmayā Vidhāna + Aṣṭamī Vrata Vidhāna

eap_67616018

The manuscript contains two Upoṣatha rituals dedicated to Vasundharā and Lokeśvara. Vasundharā is a well-known Bodhisattva associated with wealth and prosperity. Lokeśvar...

Pañcadāna Vidhi (Pañjā Dāna Vidhi) manuscript preview

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Pañcadāna Vidhi (Pañjā Dāna Vidhi)

eap_67616030

Pañcadāna Vidhi (Pañjā Dāna Vidhi) is the ritual text for the cultural festival of Pañcadāna, celebrated during the month of Guṇlā by the Newar Buddhist community. On the...

Dīkṣāyā Saphū manuscript preview

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Dīkṣāyā Saphū

eap_67616029

Dīkṣāyā Saphū is an esoteric ritual text for initiating the disciple into the Āgama. The text uses Nepalbhasha for the ritual instructions, whereas the mantras and stotra...

Gṛhaśuddhi manuscript preview

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Gṛhaśuddhi

eap_67616028

Gṛhaśuddhi is the post-death purificatory ritual for the family in the Newar Buddhist tradition. It is called Ghasū in Nepalbhasha. After the demise of a person, the fami...

Daśakarma Vidhi tathā Nāgamaṇḍala Pūjā Vidhi manuscript preview

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Daśakarma Vidhi tathā Nāgamaṇḍala Pūjā Vidhi

eap_67616025

Daśakarma Vidhi is a ritual text concerning the various life-cycle rituals performed in the Newar Buddhist tradition. Peculiarly, it considers Yoniśodhana, Sīmantopanayan...

Guhyābhiṣeka Vidhi Daśakrodha Stotra manuscript preview

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Guhyābhiṣeka Vidhi Daśakrodha Stotra

eap_67616024

Guhyābhiṣeka Vidhi is an esoteric Vajrayāna ritual text for initiation into the maṇḍala of Cakrasaṃvara. The main text is in Sanskrit, whereas it has been translated into...

Navagraha Pūjā manuscript preview

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Navagraha Pūjā

eap_67616023

Navagraha Pūjā Vidhi is a small ritual text concerning the worship of the nine planets (grahas). In Buddhism, these nine planets are also considered to have taken refuge...

Ahorātra Yajña Vidhi manuscript preview

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Ahorātra Yajña Vidhi

eap_67616022

Ahorātra Yajña Vidhāna is an esoteric Vajrayāna fire-offering ritual. This ritual has Cakrasaṃvara and Vajravārāhī as the central deities; however, the offering of bali e...

Sindūrārcana Pūjā manuscript preview

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Sindūrārcana Pūjā

eap_67616021

Sindūrārcana is an esoteric Vajrayāna ritual dedicated to Cakrasaṃvara and Vajravārāhī. Sindūrārcana literally means the “offering of sindūra” and focuses on the visualiz...

Śrāddha Vidhi manuscript preview

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Śrāddha Vidhi

eap_67616020

Śrāddha Vidhi manuscript is a ritual text concerning the funeral rites in the Newar Buddhist community. At the beginning, it entails the pacificatory rites of Puṭalikā Da...

Āryatārā Devīyā Saptavidhānuttara Pūjā manuscript preview

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Āryatārā Devīyā Saptavidhānuttara Pūjā

eap_67616019

Āryatārā Pūjā Vidhi is a detailed ritual text describing the Saptavidhānuttara Pūjā dedicated to the Bodhisattva Tārā. It contains ritual instructions in Nepalbhasha and...

Dikṣāyā cacā manuscript preview

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Dikṣāyā cacā

eap_67616014

Dīkṣāyā Cacā is a collection of fourteen caryāgīti songs performed within esoteric Vajrayāna ritual contexts as described in the Āgamas. The manuscript preserves a struct...