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Śukasaptati manuscript preview

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Śukasaptati

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The manuscript belongs to Śukasaptati, a well-known collection of narrative tales centered on themes of love, wit, morality, practical wisdom, and human conduct. The colo...

Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

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The manuscript is a Nepalese Buddhist narrative exposition text focused on the Bodhisattva Sarvārthasiddhi Kumāra, combining devotional invocation, moral storytelling, an...

Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā manuscript preview

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Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā

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the manuscript is a Buddhist narrative kathā text about Sage Vasiṣṭha, presented in a doctrinally Buddhist framework and preserved within the Nepalese manuscript traditio...

Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

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The manuscript, identified in the colophon as Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā, belongs to the Nepalese Buddhist narrative tradition and recounts the story of Prince...

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...

Adbhutakuladīpa Dharmarāja Kathā manuscript preview

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Adbhutakuladīpa Dharmarāja Kathā

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Adbhutakuladīpa Dharmarāja Kathā is the story of the spiritual journey of a Bodhisattva named Kuladīpa. Written in the Avadāna style, this relatively recent tale amalgama...