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Svasthāni Vrata Kathā manuscript preview

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Svasthāni Vrata Kathā

eap_79017001

The text Svasthāni Vrata Kathā is treditinal Hindu religious text which is related to lord Mahādeva- Pārvati. The text presented as a dialogue between Kumar (Kārttikeya)...

Pañcarakṣāsūtra manuscript preview

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Pañcarakṣāsūtra

eap_79015014

This is a Buddhist tantra text containing mantras dedicated to five Buddhist deities. The original text dedicates mantras in five sections, one for each deity; however, t...

Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma manuscript preview

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Avalokiteśvara-aṣṭottaranāma

eap_79015013

A Buddhist stotra text praising the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara through the chanting of his 108 names. The text is composed of 108 verses and is written on black paper in...

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...

Unknown Fragment manuscript preview

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Unknown Fragment

eap_79003016

This is an Incomplete fragment text. There are only 6 folios, which hasn't any colophone part so it isn't possible to ascertain the authors name, subject, title of the te...

Lokeśvara-aṣṭottara-śataka manuscript preview

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Lokeśvara-aṣṭottara-śataka

eap_79014006

A stotra text composed of 108 verses praising the different forms of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara-Lokeśvara. The manuscript depicts an illustration of Mañjunātha-Lokeśv...

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...

Ārya-Tārā-Sragdharā-Stotra manuscript preview

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Ārya-Tārā-Sragdharā-Stotra

eap_79014002

This is a Buddhist stotra text composed in the Sragdharā metre in praise of the goddess Tāra. The text consists of 37 verses composed by Sarvajñamitra, a Kashmiri poet. T...