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Cacā Safū manuscript preview

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Cacā Safū

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The Cacā Safū manuscript contains two sets of Caryāgītis. The first set comprises sixteen Caryāgītis, while the second consists of eighteen. These include Madhye Meru, Sa...

Dvādaśatīrtha Nāgapūjāvidhi manuscript preview

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Dvādaśatīrtha Nāgapūjāvidhi

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The manuscript deals with the ritual for the worship of the twelve great nāgas residing at the twelve tīrthas of the Kathmandu Valley. It is a ritual text in which the pr...

Homakriyā tathā Mahāvali manuscript preview

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Homakriyā tathā Mahāvali

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Homakriyā tathā Mahābali Pūjā Manuscript is a ritual text describing the performance of fire rites (homa) conducted for the peace, prosperity, and well-being of the yajam...

Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa manuscript preview

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Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa

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Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa is a chapter from the Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra. It narrates the story of the celestial being Sukuṇḍaladeva, who suff...

Vimalāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vimalāvadāna

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Vimalāvadāna is a distinctive avadāna narrative concerning Vimala and his spiritual journey toward Buddhahood. The text is structured through three narrative layers. In t...

Mahāsattvāvadāna manuscript preview

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Mahāsattvāvadāna

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This peculiar set of manuscripts is from the popular Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra. One of its chapters is the Vyāghrī Jātaka, also known as the Mahāsattvāvadāna. The first page...

Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā

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The short manuscript entitled Viśvantarasya Varṇana Kathā (“The Tale of Viśvantara”) is a Sanskrit verse narrative concerning Viśvantara. It describes in detail his life...

Poṣadhāvadāna manuscript preview

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Poṣadhāvadāna

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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

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