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Vaidyajīvana manuscript preview

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Vaidyajīvana

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The manuscript contains the Vaidyajīvana, an Ayurvedic medical treatise composed by Lolimbarāja, who is identified in the colophons as the son of Divākara (Divākarasūnu)....

Gaṇeśa-stotra-pāṭha manuscript preview

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Gaṇeśa-stotra-pāṭha

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The manuscript is concerned with the worship of Mahāgaṇapati and appears to contain ritual instructions, mantras, hymns, and procedures for devotional and ceremonial prac...

Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā manuscript preview

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Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā

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On the basis of the extant text, the manuscript may be provisionally identified as a divinatory manual concerned with the examination of yogas and prognostic conditions t...

Phalita Jyotiṣa manuscript preview

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Phalita Jyotiṣa

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The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Jyotiṣa (Indian astrology) and deals primarily with astrological prognostication (Phalita Jyotiṣa). The extant text discusses t...

Cikitsā manuscript preview

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Cikitsā

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The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Āyurvedic medical literature. It contains numerous medicinal formulations, powders (cūrṇa), pills (guṭikā), decoctions, and the...

Gorakhaguṭikā manuscript preview

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Gorakhaguṭikā

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On the basis of the extant text, Gorakhaguṭikā may be identified as a multi-part tantric manual associated with the Nātha tradition. The manuscript is divided into severa...

Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī manuscript preview

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Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī

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On the basis of the introductory verses and prose passages, the manuscript can be identified as a Nepalese Vaṃśāvalī (dynastic chronicle). The text explicitly states that...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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The complete colophon establishes that the manuscript is not an independent work entitled Ratnadhvajāvadāna, but rather the sixth chapter (ṣaṣṭhamo'dhyāyaḥ) of the Vicitr...

Dhanakara Vaṇija kathā manuscript preview

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Dhanakara Vaṇija kathā

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text or avadāna in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on Dhanakara, a wealthy merchant whose life is transformed through Budd...

Nidhāna kathā manuscript preview

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Nidhāna kathā

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on a figure named Nidhāna, probably a householder-devotee associated with a signif...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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This manuscript contains the eighth chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna, entitled Manasarmā-duḥkha-bhogina-cittoddhāraṇa. The chapter narrates the sufferings of a person...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist Avadāna text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari), specifically the first chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna. It narrates the story of a weal...