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Daśabhūmīśvara manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Daśabhūmīśvara

EAP1296/2/33

This is written in an exercise book so is comparatively recent. A Mahāyāna sutra text, it defines ten different stages or bhūmī for attaining Buddhahood.

Cacā (?) Unidentified manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Cacā (?) Unidentified

EAP1296/2/29

This is written in an exercise book so is comparatively recent. It has at least four different works written in different inks and different hand writings, making it hard...

Bhāvanā yāyenhu manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Bhāvanā yāyenhu

EAP1296/2/24

This is a recent manuscript, written in an exercise book. This is a Newari text on cultivation of mind, also signifies to contemplation and spiritual cultivation.

Bhadracarī praṇidhāna manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

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Bhadracarī praṇidhāna

EAP1296/2/17

Bhadracaryī-praṇidhāna [ the Vows of Good Conduct] is Sāmantabhadra Caryā Praṇidhāna.It is closely related to the Avatamshaka Sutra and sometimes considered its final sec...

Heruka Samādhī manuscript preview Aksheswara Mahavira

Saṃvat 2015 (1958 ce.)

Heruka Samādhī

EAP1296/2/9

This Tantra text invokes Heruka, a deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. It is also called Cakrasaṃvara Samādhī. This tantra is practised by Tantric practitioners to attain perfec...

Niśvāsākhyamahātantra manuscript preview Wellcome Collection

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Niśvāsākhyamahātantra

MS Hindi (Indic) gamma 607

"This is a Śaiva-tantra text.: a pratiṣṭhā text which describes the consecration of the Śiva-liṅga and shrine construction. This manuscript was written in Nepal. The colo...