Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_76
An Avadāna text containing nine chapters describes the importance of almsgiving. The text is associated with the previous Buddha, Dīpaṅkara. The story begins in a large a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_75
The Avadāna text comprises 18 chapters. While Matsunami refers to this text as Kapīśāvadāna, the colophon of the manuscript identifies it as Kavitāvadāna. Kapīśāvadāna co...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_74
This is a Newari commentary on Kapilapātrāvadāna. 'Kapilapātrāvadāna (A version of °), in śloka form, with a vernacular commentary, incomplete' (Matsunami, 1965, pp. 31-3...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_73
A Buddhist text narrates the story of previous Buddha Dīpaṅkara Buddha. It also discusses Buddhist rituals to praise the Buddhas. This seems to be a rare text.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_72
A commentary on the Kaṭhināvadāna, a text that discusses the merits of charity, abstinence, and other virtues during the one-month period of Kaṭhina (Buddhist abstention)...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_71
This Buddhist Tantra Dhāraṇī manuscript consists of 103 powerful Dhāraṇīs (mantras), each dedicated to the Buddhist Tantric deity pantheon. The text is meticulously writt...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_70
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 paṭalas (chapters). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_69
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_68
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_67
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_66
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_65
A Buddhist Tantra text, composed around the 11th century, consisting of 25 chapters (paṭalas). The text discusses various Tantric practices, the philosophy of Buddhist Ta...