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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...

Bhīmarathārohaṇa Vidhi manuscript preview

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Bhīmarathārohaṇa Vidhi

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The Bhīmarathārohaṇa ritual is a Newar ceremonial tradition performed for elders at the age of 77 years, 7 months, 7 weeks, and 7 days. The manuscript documents this ritu...

Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna manuscript preview

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Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna

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Ṣoḍaśa Piṇḍa Vidhāna is a post-death ritual text based on the Durgatipariśodhana Tantra. It is a manual for performing rites for the deceased, aimed at facilitating the l...

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...

Ārya Kāraṇḍavyūha Mahāyāna Sūtra Ratnarāja manuscript preview

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Ārya Kāraṇḍavyūha Mahāyāna Sūtra Ratnarāja

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About Painting in folio 1 (image 004) The first image portrays Buddha Amitabha. Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, standing on either side of him. The Buddha is seated upon a d...

Mahāmegha samādhi Varṣā Paṇa manuscript preview

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Mahāmegha samādhi Varṣā Paṇa

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This manuscript records different nagas i.e., serpents common in Nepalese tradition. There relation with rain. Scibe is written in good manner but the colophone is missin...

Vajra Nairātma Devī Hṛdaya Mantrodhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Vajra Nairātma Devī Hṛdaya Mantrodhāraṇī

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The scibe written this manuscript beautifully with different red ink where emphasis is necessary. The mantras of some explicite meanings were used frequently.

Śūṇya Nirañjana manuscript preview

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Śūṇya Nirañjana

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First folio of this manuscript is missing so that the actual name of the mansucript is doubted. The name given here are based on the sections where it mentioned certain e...