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Pañcarakṣā Sūtra manuscript preview

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Pañcarakṣā Sūtra

eap_67601013

This manuscript is a complete illustrated compilation of the Pañcarakṣā Sūtras, one of the most important collections of Buddhist protective dhāraṇī literature in the Mah...

Shrī Hāratī-nāma Dhāraṇī Mantra manuscript preview

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Shrī Hāratī-nāma Dhāraṇī Mantra

eap_67601012

The manuscript appears to be a Buddhist Tantric dhāraṇī text dedicated to Hariti (Hārītī), and its probable title is Śrī Hāritī Mantra-Dhāraṇī or Ārya-Hāratīdevī Dhāraṇī....

Nārāyaṇa-Mahāmāyā-Vijayavāhinī-Nāma-Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Nārāyaṇa-Mahāmāyā-Vijayavāhinī-Nāma-Dhāraṇī

eap_67601011

This manuscript belongs to the Buddhist Tantric Dhāraṇī tradition and is identified as the Ārya-Mahāmāyā-Vijayavāhinī Nāma Dhāraṇī or Nārāyaṇa-Mahāmāyā-Vijayavāhinī-Nāma-...

Ārya Tārā Stuti manuscript preview

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Ārya Tārā Stuti

eap_67601010

This manuscript is a devotional Buddhist text dedicated to Ārya Tārā, one of the most revered female deities in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism. The text begins with the...

Āryagaṇapatihṛdayanāma Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryagaṇapatihṛdayanāma Dhāraṇī

eap_67601008

This manuscript appears to belong to a Buddhist–Tantric dhāraṇī text entitled Āryagaṇapatihṛdayanāma Dhāraṇī (“The Noble Dhāraṇī Named the Heart of Gaṇapati”). The first...

Dvādaśapūrṇi Candramā Stotra manuscript preview

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Dvādaśapūrṇi Candramā Stotra

eap_67601007

This text is a short devotional hymn dedicated to the Moon deity (Candra/Soma) with clear Buddhist influence. It begins with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ namo ratnatrayāya...

Bouddha Mantra manuscript preview

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Bouddha Mantra

eap_67601004

In conclusion, this text appears to be a Newar Vajrayāna Buddhist ritual and dhāraṇī manuscript centered on the worship of Vajrasattva. It combines Sanskrit mantras, esot...

Ārya Aparimitāyunāma Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Ārya Aparimitāyunāma Dhāraṇī

eap_67601003

The manuscript begins with the invocation “Om Namaḥ Śrī Buddhāya.” It contains the Aṣṭottaraśata-nāma (108 names) associated with the Tathāgata and refers to the Aparimit...

Daśakriyā manuscript preview

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Daśakriyā

eap_67601001

The text begins with “Om Namaḥ Śrī Vajrasattvāya.” Thereafter, the procedure of the Daśakriyāvidhi (ten funeral rites) is described. In the section on Asthipratiṣṭhāvidhi...

Collection of Stotra manuscript preview

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Collection of Stotra

eap_67611003

This is a composite manuscript. There are four texts. i) The first text is describing Āryāvalokiteśvara-nāmāṣṭottara-stotra which is related to the Buddhist deity. ii) Th...

Unknown manuscript preview

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Unknown

eap_67611002

It is an incomplete text. Only beginning some lines are noted in the first folio. It is an illustrated manuscript where a picture of Gaṇapati is there.

Śrīdvādaśapūrṇocandramāstotra manuscript preview

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Śrīdvādaśapūrṇocandramāstotra

eap_67611001

The Śrīdvādaśapūrṇocandramāstotra is a powerful hymn dedicated to Lord Chandra (the Moon God). In this text twelve names of the moon are mentioned.