Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
Aksheswara Mahavira
Saṃvat 2015 (1958 ce.)
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...
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/8
This is also called the ‘Tantra of the Emergence of Chakrasamvara’. A popular among the Newar Buddhist in the Kathmandu valley.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/7
This foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist text is written in an exercise book, so is comparatively recent.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/6
Salutation songs dedicated to various Buddhist deities that form the accompaniment to ritual dances; the text includes mantras, stotras and rituals. Carya songs are Tantr...
Aksheswara Mahavira
Date not listed
EAP1296/2/4
A work of the Mādhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/3
A text on Newar Buddhist celebratory rituals
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/2
This text has salutation songs dedicated to various Buddhist deities, that are performed to accompany ritual dances.
Aksheswara Mahavira
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EAP1296/2/1
A work of Buddhist philosophy
Wellcome Collection
1634 ce. (Hizri 1037)
MS Persian 47A
This Farsi adaptation of the Śālihotrasamhita covers diagnostics, surgical procedures and equine toxicology. The seal gives the name of the patron as ‘‘Abdu’llāh Khān Fīr...
Wellcome Collection
Date not listed
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...
Wellcome Collection
15th century.
MS Indic beta 1471
"Illustrated with watercolour on paper, this is a rare manuscript of a tale narrated by the Digambara Jain poet Raidhū in the 15th century."
Wellcome Collection
Date not listed
MS Hindi (Indic) beta 430
This text describes various diseases of horses and their treatment. It gives informations about horse breeds and their characteristics with coloured illustrations. This m...