Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_261
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_257
Item 1 – See note 256. This manuscript contains eight sargas, as indicated in the colophon on folio 40b. Item 2 – This is the story of Sumāgadhā, daughter of Anāthapiṇḍad...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_253
This text belongs to the branch of pārājika literature dedicated to specific Buddhist deities, notably Mañjuśrī, Lokeśvara, Tārā, and Vajrasattva. Despite sharing termino...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_250
This is the name a commentary by Candrakīrti on the Madhyamakaśāstra of Nāgārjuna. Candrakīrti is a Buddhist writer; pupil of Dharmapāla; elder contemporary of Candragomi...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_248
The Prajñāpāramitāratnaguṇasañcayagāthā is a summary of the Prajñāpāramitā in verse. It is written in irregular vasantatilaka meter. (Akira Yuyama)
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_237
Buddhist ceremonies. spoken by Mañjuśrī. from Sarvatathāgatadvādaśasahasra-pārājikāvinayasūtra (NCC) "The Pāpaparimocananirdeśa treats rituals of purification and atoneme...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_204
"The Divyāvadāna is a large compendium of Indian Buddhist narratives written in Sanskrit from the early centuries of the Common Era. The Nagarāvalambikā avadāna (The Stor...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_186
This is a compendium of Buddhistic technical terms that explains their definitions. (Matsunami, 1965, p. 76)
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_176
A Buddhist text describes several mantras related to Mahāpratyaṅgirā, a deity in the Tantric Buddhist pantheon. At the beginning of the manuscript, the iconography of the...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_172
An Avadana text praises the giving of alms-bowls to Buddhist mendicants. The story tells of Sarvānanda, the king of the great city of Dīpavatī, who once visited the renow...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_168
This is a Dharmaśāstra text—the second book of the Dharmatattva by Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa, a member of the well-known Bhaṭṭa family of Benares. He was the son of Umā and Rāmak...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_142
A Mahāyāna Buddhist text descrided many cakras: khacakra (f.3b); kāyacakra (f.5b); nāḍīcakra (f.7a); urdha and madhya cakra (f.8b); catuścakra (f.10a); it also discussed...