Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100825284
Buddhist stories illustrating the workings of karma across lives.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082858h
This contains part of the fourth khaṇḍa of a Mahāyāna Buddhist text on the ‘perfection of wisdom’.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100830079
The shorter version of a Buddhist Avadāna text. It appears to be a rare work.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100822246
An incomplete text of the ‘Lotus Sutra’ of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b532068288
A text describing the bodhisattva, a person who is on the path towards bodhi (‘awakening’) or Buddhahood.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100912925
A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narrratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhi...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10092945f
A canonical text of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism, this includes narratives of the Buddha’s past lives, Gautama Buddha’s life, and early Buddhis...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082922z
A Buddhist Mahāyāna Sūtra dated to c. 200 to 300 CE. It chronicles the journey of Sudhana who encounters various teachings and Bodhisattvas until he reaches full circle a...