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Dīpaṅkaramāhātmya manuscript preview

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Dīpaṅkaramāhātmya

eap_10231013

The word “Dīpaṅkarayā” is written in the margin of the manuscript. Since Nepalese manuscripts commonly record the title of the text or section in the margin, this suggest...

Dharmapālarāja-kathā manuscript preview

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Dharmapālarāja-kathā

eap_10231012

The manuscript appears to be a Nepal Bhāṣā Buddhist devotional narrative centered on Dharmapālarāja (Dharmapālarāja-kathā) and the religious merits of observing the Aṣṭam...

Kumbheśvara-vratakathā manuscript preview

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Kumbheśvara-vratakathā

eap_10231011

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya”, paying homage to the Three Jewels—Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. The extant text comprises folios 1...

Vāhanarājasya vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Vāhanarājasya vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231010

The manuscript appears to be a condensed Nepāl Bhāṣā version of the Vyākhyāna-kathā of King Vāhanarāja. It most likely belongs to the Buddhist narrative tradition and was...

Vartāvadānamālā manuscript preview

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Vartāvadānamālā

eap_10231009

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya” and contains a narrative extending from folio 1 to folio 26. According to the colophon, the text...

Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231008

The manuscript begins at folio 218 and ends at folio 241. Since the manuscript starts in the middle of the text, some folios from the beginning are missing. Based on the...

Māyādevī-kathā manuscript preview

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Māyādevī-kathā

eap_10231007

The manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative centred on Queen Māyādevī, the mother of the Buddha. The invocation to Lokanātha and the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, a...

Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā manuscript preview

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Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā

eap_10231006

The manuscript is identified in the colophon as Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā. The opening invocation: Oṃ namo ratnatrayāya. Oṃ namo gurubhyo namaḥ. and the co...

Śukasaptati manuscript preview

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Śukasaptati

eap_10231005

The manuscript belongs to Śukasaptati, a well-known collection of narrative tales centered on themes of love, wit, morality, practical wisdom, and human conduct. The colo...

Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231004

The manuscript is a Nepalese Buddhist narrative exposition text focused on the Bodhisattva Sarvārthasiddhi Kumāra, combining devotional invocation, moral storytelling, an...

Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā manuscript preview

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Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā

eap_10231003

the manuscript is a Buddhist narrative kathā text about Sage Vasiṣṭha, presented in a doctrinally Buddhist framework and preserved within the Nepalese manuscript traditio...

Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231002

The manuscript, identified in the colophon as Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā, belongs to the Nepalese Buddhist narrative tradition and recounts the story of Prince...