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Poṣadhāvadāna manuscript preview

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Poṣadhāvadāna

eap_67616006

Poṣadhāvadāna is a short work belonging to the Avadāna literature that emphasizes the significance of upoṣatha as a practice of aspiration and the strengthening of śīla (...

Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtrarāja manuscript preview

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Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtrarāja

eap_67616005

The Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtrarāja is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture composed primarily in verse (padya). The manuscript comprises twenty chapters and extends over 178 fo...

Ārya Kāraṇḍavyūha Mahāyāna Sūtra Ratnarāja manuscript preview

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Ārya Kāraṇḍavyūha Mahāyāna Sūtra Ratnarāja

eap_67616001

About Painting in folio 1 (image 004) The first image portrays Buddha Amitabha. Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, standing on either side of him. The Buddha is seated upon a d...

Mahāmegha samādhi Varṣā Paṇa manuscript preview

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Mahāmegha samādhi Varṣā Paṇa

eap_67614044

This manuscript records different nagas i.e., serpents common in Nepalese tradition. There relation with rain. Scibe is written in good manner but the colophone is missin...

Vajra Nairātma Devī Hṛdaya Mantrodhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Vajra Nairātma Devī Hṛdaya Mantrodhāraṇī

eap_67614043

The scibe written this manuscript beautifully with different red ink where emphasis is necessary. The mantras of some explicite meanings were used frequently.

Śūṇya Nirañjana manuscript preview

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Śūṇya Nirañjana

eap_67614042

First folio of this manuscript is missing so that the actual name of the mansucript is doubted. The name given here are based on the sections where it mentioned certain e...

Tārā Śaraṇa Stotra manuscript preview

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Tārā Śaraṇa Stotra

eap_67614041

This manuscript is incomplete so that many information are missing. It describes Ārya Tārā and other godesses as well.

Chāskamini Eka Viṃśati Stotra manuscript preview

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Chāskamini Eka Viṃśati Stotra

eap_67614040

This manuscript describes the Chāskamini devi. The scibe written this manuscript beautifull. It lacks the colophone and details.