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Viriñci-Nārāyaṇa-avatāra manuscript preview

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Viriñci-Nārāyaṇa-avatāra

eap_10231017

The manuscript is most likely a Vaiṣṇava devotional narrative describing the rescue of Gajendra by Lord Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa). Its central theme is the efficacy of devotion an...

Dharmashrīvālaka kathā manuscript preview

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Dharmashrīvālaka kathā

eap_10231016

This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) that recounts the life, birth, virtues, and meritorious deeds of a devotee named Dharmashr...

Citraviṃśaty-avadāna manuscript preview

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Citraviṃśaty-avadāna

eap_10231015

The manuscript contains the Śṛṅgabhērī-kathā, a narrative included in the Citraviṃśaty-avadāna and connected with the Lakṣacaitya-vrata. The text was likely composed to p...

Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna manuscript preview

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Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna

eap_10231014

The manuscript appears to contain the opening chapter of the Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna, a Buddhist narrative text. The colophon reads: “Iti Śrī Śṛṅgabhērīvadāne Pūjā-puṇyānusaṃ...

Dīpaṅkaramāhātmya manuscript preview

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Dīpaṅkaramāhātmya

eap_10231013

The word “Dīpaṅkarayā” is written in the margin of the manuscript. Since Nepalese manuscripts commonly record the title of the text or section in the margin, this suggest...

Dharmapālarāja-kathā manuscript preview

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Dharmapālarāja-kathā

eap_10231012

The manuscript appears to be a Nepal Bhāṣā Buddhist devotional narrative centered on Dharmapālarāja (Dharmapālarāja-kathā) and the religious merits of observing the Aṣṭam...

Kumbheśvara-vratakathā manuscript preview

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Kumbheśvara-vratakathā

eap_10231011

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya”, paying homage to the Three Jewels—Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. The extant text comprises folios 1...

Vāhanarājasya vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Vāhanarājasya vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231010

The manuscript appears to be a condensed Nepāl Bhāṣā version of the Vyākhyāna-kathā of King Vāhanarāja. It most likely belongs to the Buddhist narrative tradition and was...

Vartāvadānamālā manuscript preview

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Vartāvadānamālā

eap_10231009

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya” and contains a narrative extending from folio 1 to folio 26. According to the colophon, the text...

Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231008

The manuscript begins at folio 218 and ends at folio 241. Since the manuscript starts in the middle of the text, some folios from the beginning are missing. Based on the...

Māyādevī-kathā manuscript preview

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Māyādevī-kathā

eap_10231007

The manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative centred on Queen Māyādevī, the mother of the Buddha. The invocation to Lokanātha and the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, a...

Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā manuscript preview

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Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā

eap_10231006

The manuscript is identified in the colophon as Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā. The opening invocation: Oṃ namo ratnatrayāya. Oṃ namo gurubhyo namaḥ. and the co...