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Composite manuscript- manuscript preview

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Composite manuscript-

eap_79018003

It is a composite manuscript. It contains various stotras. The first stotra Saptavidhānuttarapūjāstava stotra is starts on 9 ' th verse. Saptavidhānuttarapūjāstava stotra...

Pūjā Vidhi manuscript preview

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Pūjā Vidhi

eap_79019007

The manuscript contains Vidhi Mantras, which are prescriptive ritual mantra used in religious ceremonies. These mantras outline the correct invocations, and ritual action...

Svayaṃbhu Purāṇa manuscript preview

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Svayaṃbhu Purāṇa

eap_79019006

Svayaṃbhu Purāṇa is a Buddhist Puranic text. This text is well known among Newari Mahāyāna society. It has Puranic chronicles and legends of Kathmandu vally. The Svayambh...

Karaṇḍavyuha Sūtra manuscript preview

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Karaṇḍavyuha Sūtra

eap_79019005

The Kāraṇḍavyūha is an early Mantrayāna sūtra and the source of the famous mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ. This sūtra holds particular significance, as the mantra has become ce...

Homa kriyā, stavana, vidhi manuscript preview

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Homa kriyā, stavana, vidhi

eap_79019004

The manuscript contains stotra, some vidhi mantra of Buddhism.The manuscript consists homakriya(Fire ritual text) (f.1a –12b) and (f.23b–34a), Stavana seems to be related...

Composite manuscript- manuscript preview

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Composite manuscript-

eap_79019002

It is a composite manuscript. First 1–15 folias are damaged. It contains Gāthā's (f.1a–11b) in poetic form. Another folia's of the manuscript represents stotra of Buddhis...

Vidhi manuscript preview

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Vidhi

eap_79019001

The manuscript contains Vidhi Mantras, which seems to used in tantric ceremonies. From (f.7a) of the manuscript has different handwriting. (f.7a) represents some Vidhi an...

Svasthāni Vrata Kathā manuscript preview

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Svasthāni Vrata Kathā

eap_79017001

The text Svasthāni Vrata Kathā is treditinal Hindu religious text which is related to lord Mahādeva- Pārvati. The text presented as a dialogue between Kumar (Kārttikeya)...

Pañcarakṣāsūtra manuscript preview

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Pañcarakṣāsūtra

eap_79015016

This is a Buddhist tantra text containing mantras dedicated to five Buddhist deities. The original text dedicates mantras in five sections, one for each deity. The manusc...

Pañcarakṣāsūtra manuscript preview

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Pañcarakṣāsūtra

eap_79015014

This is a Buddhist tantra text containing mantras dedicated to five Buddhist deities. The original text dedicates mantras in five sections, one for each deity; however, t...

Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma manuscript preview

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Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma

eap_79015013

A Buddhist stotra text praising the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara through the chanting of his 108 names. The text is composed of 108 verses and is written on black paper in...