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Tathāgataguhyakasūtra manuscript preview

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Tathāgataguhyakasūtra

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The Tathāgataguhyakasūtra is an important canonical text within the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions. The text is dedicated to revealing the "Three Secrets" of a Buddha — the...

Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja manuscript preview

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Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja

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The Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja popularly known as the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra, is one of the most magnificent and spiritually influential scriptures in Mahāyāna...

Collection of Fragments: Hevajra Tantra, Mahīkha Saṃvara, Āryāvalokiteśvara Bhayaṃkarī, Gāthā Dve, Aṣṭa Mahābhaya Haraṇa Tārā, Sūrya Stotra, Mañjunātha Padmapāṇi, Caṇḍa Mahāroṣaṇa, Ārya Śrī Hāritī Devī, Śrī Śanicara Pāṭha & Ārya Gaṇapati Hṛdaya Sūtra. manuscript preview

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Collection of Fragments: Hevajra Tantra, Mahīkha Saṃvara, Āryāvalokiteśvara Bhayaṃkarī, Gāthā Dve, Aṣṭa Mahābhaya Haraṇa Tārā, Sūrya Stotra, Mañjunātha Padmapāṇi, Caṇḍa Mahāroṣaṇa, Ārya Śrī Hāritī Devī, Śrī Śanicara Pāṭha & Ārya Gaṇapati Hṛdaya Sūtra.

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It is the collection of multiple manuscripts but found only fragments. Folios 014-015 may be a fragment of Surya, Folio 025 mentioned the name of scribe as Kulabahadur Ba...

Cacā Safū manuscript preview

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Cacā Safū

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The Cacā Safū manuscript contains two sets of Caryāgītis. The first set comprises sixteen Caryāgītis, while the second consists of eighteen. These include Madhye Meru, Sa...

Dvādaśatīrtha Nāgapūjāvidhi manuscript preview

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Dvādaśatīrtha Nāgapūjāvidhi

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The manuscript deals with the ritual for the worship of the twelve great nāgas residing at the twelve tīrthas of the Kathmandu Valley. It is a ritual text in which the pr...

Homakriyā tathā Mahāvali manuscript preview

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Homakriyā tathā Mahāvali

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Homakriyā tathā Mahābali Pūjā Manuscript is a ritual text describing the performance of fire rites (homa) conducted for the peace, prosperity, and well-being of the yajam...

Mahāsattvāvadāna manuscript preview

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Mahāsattvāvadāna

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This peculiar set of manuscripts is from the popular Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra. One of its chapters is the Vyāghrī Jātaka, also known as the Mahāsattvāvadāna. The first page...

Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā

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The short manuscript entitled Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā (“The Tale of Viśvantara”) is a Sanskrit verse narrative concerning Viśvantara. It describes in detail his life...