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Meghasūtra manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Meghasūtra

ark:/12148/btv1b100829202

This Mahāyāna text (sometimes translated as the ‘cloud sermon’) records the Buddha teaching the Nāgarājas (serpent kings) rites to invoke rain through the power of dhāraṇ...

Jain Breviary manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Jain Breviary

ark:/12148/btv1b53170439f

A collection of texts from Jaina Digambara dogmatics and ritual: Tattvārtha-sūtra; Bīsa-tīrthaṅkara-pūjā; Siddha-cakra-pūjā; Ṣoḍaśa-kāraṇa-pūjā; Daśalākṣanī-pūjā; Ratna-t...

Dharmadhātu Pujā manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Dharmadhātu Pujā

EAP1296/2/185

This text describes itself as a Dharmakośa in the beginning, and explains mantras from Dhāraṇīsaṅgraha(collection of mantras), related to important Buddhist deities.