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Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā manuscript preview

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Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā

eap_79020001

The text Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā is the saṃhitā of the Śukla Yajurveda. It consists 40 Adhyāyas. Here, the manuscript consists first 20 Adhyāyas only. These chapters mainly co...

Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā manuscript preview

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Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā

eap_79014018

It appears that the manuscript is a fragment of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā text. The manuscript contains only the first folio, which includes the opening portion of...

Unknown Fragment of a mantra text on Vajrasattva manuscript preview

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Unknown Fragment of a mantra text on Vajrasattva

eap_79014017

A fragment of a Buddhist text, composed in verses praising the Buddhist deity Vajrasattva. The manuscript contains an illustration of Vajrasattva on folio 1b. Only the op...

Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī

eap_79014014

A dhāraṇī (spell) text praising the Buddhist deity Hāratī. In the Newar region of Nepal, the deity was worshipped by followers of the Newar Mahāyāna–Vajrayāna tradition.

Vasudhārāyānāmāṣṭottaraśata manuscript preview

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Vasudhārāyānāmāṣṭottaraśata

eap_79014012

A mantra text composed in 24 verses, praising the Buddhist goddess Vasudhārā through her 108 names. The manuscript contains an illustration of Vasudhārā on folio 1b.

Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī

eap_79014009

A dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Gaṇapati begins with a story in which Lord Buddha resides in Rājagṛha and gives teachings to his closest disciple, Ānanda. I...

Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī

eap_79014008

This text contains mystical mantras bearing the name of Uṣṇiṣavijayā. These mantras were passed from Buddha Amitāyus to Avalokiteśvara. It is believed that these mantras...

Āryyavajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantradhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryyavajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantradhāraṇī

eap_79014007

A Dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Vajravidāraṇa (Vajra Conqueror), a semi-wrathful form of Vajrapāṇi. The text is said to have been imparted by Vajrapāṇi thro...

Devī Mahātmya (Part of Mārkhaṇḍeya Purāṇa) manuscript preview

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Devī Mahātmya (Part of Mārkhaṇḍeya Purāṇa)

eap_79013001

The text is Devī Mahātmya also known as Durgā Saptaśatī which is a devotional stotra consisting of 13 adhyāya (chapters) which places Devī as the supreme reality and all...

Praśnapradīpa manuscript preview

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Praśnapradīpa

eap_79011013

This manuscript is a Jyotiṣa text which is heavily damaged. It is hacked off from the left side, due to rodent infestation. It appears to be the work Praśnapradīpa/ Praśn...