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Āryyatārābhaṭṭārikāyā-nāmāṣṭottaraśataka
eap_79014013
A mantra text composed in 55 verses, praising the Buddhist goddess Tārā through her 108 names. The manuscript contains an unknown commentary in the Newar language. The fi...
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Pañcabuddha-dhāraṇī
eap_79014010
This text contains five dhāraṇīs (spells) praising the five Buddhas: Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, and Amoghasiddhi. The manuscript includes an illustrati...
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Nāmamālā
eap_79005074
This is a sanskrit Lexicon text composed by the Jain poet Dhanañjaya, son of Vāsudeva and Śrīdevī. This is the most famous version, written around the 12th century. It is...
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Lokeśvara-aṣṭottara-śataka
eap_79014006
A stotra text composed of 108 verses praising the different forms of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara-Lokeśvara. The manuscript depicts an illustration of Mañjunātha-Lokeśv...
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Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī
eap_79014005
A Buddhist Dhāraṇī text contains mystic mantras for the veneration of the nine planets. These mantras belong to the Tantric class. The text describes the rituals of worsh...
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Āryya-Aparimitānāma-dhāraṇī
eap_79014004
This text is considered holy and describes how it can benefit a household if it is written, preserved, and chanted, enabling them to live for a hundred years. It reflects...
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Āryasarvatathāgata-Uṣṇīṣasitātapatrenāma-aparājitā-mahāpratyaṃgīrā-dhāraṇī
eap_79014003
A Dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Uṣṇīṣa-sitātapatrā (the White Umbrella Goddess). It is believed that her spell provides magical power to avert dangers, illn...
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Ārya-Tārā-Sragdharā-Stotra
eap_79014002
This is a Buddhist stotra text composed in the Sragdharā metre in praise of the goddess Tāra. The text consists of 37 verses composed by Sarvajñamitra, a Kashmiri poet. T...
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Vasudharā-aṣṭottara-śataka and Collection of six Dhāraṇīs
eap_79015001
The manuscript contains one Buddhist stotra text and six Dhāraṇī text.: Vasudharā-aṣṭottara-śataka (f.1b–4b): This text contains verses of salutation to the goddess Vasud...
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Śākyasiṃha-stotra and Triratna
eap_79018008
This manuscript contains two buddhist texts which are Śākyasiṃha stavan (f.1a) and Triratna (f.1b). Buddha was also referred to Śākyamuni or Śākyasiṃha . Praising him as...
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Bhāsvatikaraṇa
eap_79018007
The text is on Astronomy and Mathematics . Bhāsvatikaraṇa, composed in 1099 A. D. by Śatānandācārya son of Sankara and Sarasvati, Śatānandācārya, the astronomer and mathe...
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Nāmasaṃgiti Gāthā , Lokeśvara Stotra
eap_79018006
The text is a composite manuscript. It consists Nāmasaṃgiti Gāthā (f.1b to16a), Narakodhara stotra (f.16b–18a)which is on the devotee vividly describes the human conditio...