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Pañcabuddha-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Pañcabuddha-dhāraṇī

eap_79014010

This text contains five dhāraṇīs (spells) praising the five Buddhas: Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, and Amoghasiddhi. The manuscript includes an illustrati...

Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī

eap_79014005

A Buddhist Dhāraṇī text contains mystic mantras for the veneration of the nine planets. These mantras belong to the Tantric class. The text describes the rituals of worsh...

Āryya-Aparimitānāma-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryya-Aparimitānāma-dhāraṇī

eap_79014004

This text is considered holy and describes how it can benefit a household if it is written, preserved, and chanted, enabling them to live for a hundred years. It reflects...

Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī

eap_79015009

This text contains mystical mantras bearing the name of Uṣṇiṣavijayā. These mantras were passed from Buddha Amitāyus to Avalokiteśvara. It is believed that these mantras...

Unidentified Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Unidentified Dhāraṇī

eap_79015008

This is a Buddhist text which, based on its context, appears to be a dhāraṇī text. Because the manuscript is missing folios, the colophon is also missing; therefore, the...

Bhīmasenadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Bhīmasenadhāraṇī

eap_79015003

This is a dhāraṇī composed in 35 verses dedicated to Bhima, second of the five Paṇḍava brothers, who vowed to kill Duśśāsana, a key antagonist in the Mahābhārata. "Bhīmas...

Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Hāratīnāma-mantradhāraṇī

eap_79014014

A dhāraṇī (spell) text praising the Buddhist deity Hāratī. In the Newar region of Nepal, the deity was worshipped by followers of the Newar Mahāyāna–Vajrayāna tradition.

Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī

eap_79014009

A dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Gaṇapati begins with a story in which Lord Buddha resides in Rājagṛha and gives teachings to his closest disciple, Ānanda. I...

Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī

eap_79014008

This text contains mystical mantras bearing the name of Uṣṇiṣavijayā. These mantras were passed from Buddha Amitāyus to Avalokiteśvara. It is believed that these mantras...

Āryyavajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantradhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Āryyavajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantradhāraṇī

eap_79014007

A Dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Vajravidāraṇa (Vajra Conqueror), a semi-wrathful form of Vajrapāṇi. The text is said to have been imparted by Vajrapāṇi thro...