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Koṣasāra Kāmaśāstra manuscript preview

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Koṣasāra Kāmaśāstra

eap_67601021

This manuscript is a composite work primarily concerned with Kāmaśāstra, enriched with materials drawn from Vajīkaraṇa, physiognomy, Ayurveda, tantric ritual practices, a...

Bhauma-stotra manuscript preview

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Bhauma-stotra

eap_67601017

In conclusion, the Bhauma-stotra attributed to the Skanda Purana belongs to the wider Purāṇic tradition traditionally associated with Vedavyasa. The hymn is dedicated to...

Saptaviṁśatinakṣetrayā vidhimantram manuscript preview

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Saptaviṁśatinakṣetrayā vidhimantram

eap_67601006

This manuscript appears to be a tantric ritual text related to protection, victory rites, astrological practices, and magical formulas. It begins with invocations to a fi...

Jyotiṣaratnamālā manuscript preview

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Jyotiṣaratnamālā

eap_67601005

This manuscript belongs to the astrological work Jyotiṣaratnamālā, authored by Śrīpatibhaṭṭa. It confirms that the section completed here is the sixth chapter dealing wit...

Śākyapūjā safau manuscript preview

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Śākyapūjā safau

eap_67610010

“Śākyapūjā safau” refers to a ritual booklet (manuscript) used in the Newar Buddhist tradition of Nepal. The term combines: Śākyapūjā: rituals or worship practices perfo...

Cakrasaṃvara Pūjā Nyāsa Japamantra manuscript preview

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Cakrasaṃvara Pūjā Nyāsa Japamantra

eap_67610009

The manuscript relates to the tantric Buddhist ritual tradition of Cakrasaṃvara, a central deity in Anuttarayoga Tantra practice. The text appears to be a pūjā–nyāsa–japa...

Pañcabuddha Pūjā Japamantra manuscript preview

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Pañcabuddha Pūjā Japamantra

eap_67610008

The Pañcabuddha Pūjā japamantra is a Vajrayāna Buddhist ritual mantra system used to worship the Five Buddhas and cultivate spiritual purification, protection, and enligh...

Buddhist dhāraṇī saṃgraha manuscript preview

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Buddhist dhāraṇī saṃgraha

eap_67610007

The manuscript is a composite Buddhist dhāraṇī collection, consisting of multiple independent ritual sections and protective texts. The colophons mention several separate...

Vasundharākalpāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vasundharākalpāvadāna

eap_67610004

The manuscript appears to be a devotional and ritual text connected with Vasundharā, the Buddhist goddess associated with prosperity, fertility, and abundance. The title...

Fragment Misc manuscript preview

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Fragment Misc

eap_67610003

The manuscript appears to be a collection of mantras, dhāraṇīs, and ritual invocations associated with Mahāgaṇapati, Mahārudra, and Ārya Tārā. The text contains a series...

Fragment of Svayambhūpurāṇa manuscript preview

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Fragment of Svayambhūpurāṇa

eap_67610002

The manuscript deals with the religious merit and sanctity of various sacred places and may be classified as a Tīrtha-māhātmya text. The extant passage describes a series...

Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa (Yuddhakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa (Yuddhakāṇḍa)

eap_79021118

The Yuddhakāṇḍa, also known as the Laṅkākāṇḍa, is the sixth kāṇḍa of the Bālmīkīya-rāmāyaṇa. This kāṇḍa composing the climax of the epic. It describes the final conflict...