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Krishna Bhajana manuscript preview

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Krishna Bhajana

eap_79004008

This is a stotra devoted to Krishna, which becomes clear by the mention of Krishna in the first folio as well as of motifs associated with him such as Vrindavana. The sto...

Unknown fragment manuscript preview

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Unknown fragment

eap_79004006

The contents of the manuscript are illegible, due to which Thapa has also titled it 'unknown'. It is an incomplete manuscript, the scribe seems to have known both Devanag...

Vetalakatha manuscript preview

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Vetalakatha

eap_79004005

This is also an incomplete Vetalakatha manuscript, which starts with the fourteenth story. The condition of the manuscript is very damaged with no pagination. Letters are...

Vetalakatha manuscript preview

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Vetalakatha

eap_79004004

This is an incomplete composite manuscript. The scribe uses a mixed Devanagari and Newari script. Contrary to the title given by Thapa, this manuscript is actually Vetala...

Fragment of Malla Vaṃśāvali manuscript preview

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Fragment of Malla Vaṃśāvali

eap_79003036

This is a narrative text of Malla dynasty of Nepal. The text describes the lineage of malla king Aridevmalla (22) - his son Mallapadipaka- his son Abhayamalla (19)- and h...

Lakṣacaityayākathā manuscript preview

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Lakṣacaityayākathā

eap_79003027

This is a Buddhist ritual text Lakṣacaityayākathā, Lakṣa means Lakh and caityas means stupas, It describes creation of a hundred thousand miniature stupas. Such acts are...

Pūjā vidhi manuscript preview

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Pūjā vidhi

eap_79003020

This is a Buddhist ritual text on pūjā vidhi of Vajrasattva. The text reffers a purification practice that involves visualizing vajrasattva, generating regret for negetiv...

Fragment Medical manuscript preview

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Fragment Medical

eap_79003015

This is a Medical fragment text. The text is Heavily damaged so it's cant determined its main part of the text or authors name, any kind of history of the text. There are...

Śākyapiṇḍakriyā manuscript preview

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Śākyapiṇḍakriyā

eap_79003013

This is a Buddhist ritual text on Buddha Pūjā and its Vidhi (procedure). Lord Buddha is the founder of Buddhist philosophy. Followers of Buddhism perform devotional prac...

Aṅka jyotiṣ manuscript preview

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Aṅka jyotiṣ

eap_79002025

This is a jyotiṣ text, at the 2nd folio there is a numbers astrological chart and at the end it is written Aṅka cakra which refers in newari language numerology, the anci...

Vividha Tipot manuscript preview

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Vividha Tipot

eap_79002024

This is a Buddhist Vividha Tipot text in nepali language Tipot meaning a brief note or annotation including; (1)Triratnayākā Phalya, (2) myāmalyalayākāya, (3) cidhiciyā k...

Dipaṁkara Buddha Gāthā manuscript preview

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Dipaṁkara Buddha Gāthā

eap_79002020

This is a Gāthā text about Dipankara the Buddhist narrative, or Jātaka tale, of the distant past Buddha, Dipankara, and his encounter with a young ascetic named Sumedha....