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Svayambhūpurāṇa manuscript preview

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Svayambhūpurāṇa

eap_67610001

The manuscript can be identified as Svayambhūpurāṇa, a celebrated Buddhist Purāṇic text associated with the sacred history and religious importance of the Svayambhū regio...

Collection of Pañcarakṣā Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Collection of Pañcarakṣā Dhāraṇī

eap_67603007

This is a classical collection of the Pañcarakṣā Dhāraṇī along with their companion shield Hṛdayāparājitā. They are personified as five powerful goddesses who act as cosm...

Śukasaptati manuscript preview

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Śukasaptati

eap_67601025

The manuscript represents an important portion of Śukasaptati, one of the most celebrated works of Sanskrit narrative literature. The extant portion begins from approxima...

Tithivicāra manuscript preview

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Tithivicāra

eap_67601002

The manuscript is incomplete, with the opening folio and one or two folios after folio 9A missing. It contains a wide range of astrological and ritual subjects arranged i...

Jagataprāṇīkīje manuscript preview

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Jagataprāṇīkīje

eap_67607020

There are two texts: one is Jagataprāṇīkīje and the other is unknown. Jagataprāṇīkīje is a Buddhist text consisting of 40 verses. The unknown text is related to Vajrasatt...

Unknown manuscript preview

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Unknown

eap_67607019

This is an unknown text. There are two folios, but the handwriting is illegible. The codex is damaged. Three types of handwriting are present and there is no pagination.

Pratyañgirā manuscript preview

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Pratyañgirā

eap_67607018

The text is titled Pratyañgirā. Only the first folio remains. The abbreviation "Pratyañgirā" appears in the margin, which is how the work was identified.

Unknown manuscript preview

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Unknown

eap_67607017

This is an unidentified text related to planetary peace. Only a single folio exists, which is folio number 2. The abbreviation “Graha” is written in the margin. Because o...

Unknown tantra text manuscript preview

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Unknown tantra text

eap_67607016

This is an unidentified text related to Tantra. There is only one folio, which is folio number 4. Because the beginning and ending of the work are missing, the name of th...

Lalitavistara manuscript preview

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Lalitavistara

eap_67607015

The Lalitavistara is a Mahayana Buddhist text. The text tells the story of Gautama Buddha from the time of his descent from Tushita until his first sermon in the Deer Par...