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Ahorātra Yajña Vidhi
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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...
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Sindūrārcana Pūjā
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Sindūrārcana is an esoteric Vajrayāna ritual dedicated to Cakrasaṃvara and Vajravārāhī. Sindūrārcana literally means the “offering of sindūra” and focuses on the visualiz...
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Śrāddha Vidhi
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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...
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Āryatārā Devīyā Saptavidhānuttara Pūjā
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Āryatārā Pūjā Vidhi is a detailed ritual text describing the Saptavidhānuttara Pūjā dedicated to the Bodhisattva Tārā. It contains ritual instructions in Nepalbhasha and...
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Dikṣāyā cacā
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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...
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Bhīmarathārohaṇa Vidhi
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The Bhīmarathārohaṇa ritual is a Newar ceremonial tradition performed for elders at the age of 77 years, 7 months, 7 weeks, and 7 days. The manuscript documents this ritu...
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Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna
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Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna is a post-death ritual text based on the Durgatipariśodhana Tantra. It is a manual for performing rites for the deceased, aimed at facilitating the l...
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This is an unknown text describing the kings of the Malla dynasty. It mentions the upanayana yatra (sacred thread ceremony) of Kumara, the son of Narasimhamalla (referred...
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Buddhagīti
eap_67607008
Buddhagīti is a text written in praise of Lord Buddha. Four distinct styles of handwriting are visible within this codex, indicating that four different scribes contribut...
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Mantrasaṃgraha
eap_67606002
The text is titled Mantrasaṃgraha. It is an incomplete manuscript written in the Rañjanā script and the Newari language. It contains various mantras and lacks pagination.
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Svayambhūpūjā
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The Svayambhū Mahācaitya pūjā describe the ritual worship of the famous Swayambhunath Stupa. The text contains only the Bija mantra in Newari language. It has not mention...
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Viśvantarakathā
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Viśvantara-kathā is one of the most popular Buddhist Jataka tales. It tells the story of a previous life of Gautama Buddha. Although the text is complete, the manuscript...