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Yogāmbaratantra-yogamantradhyāna manuscript preview

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Yogāmbaratantra-yogamantradhyāna

eap_79015012

A Buddhist tantric text praising the Buddhist deity Yogāmbara; it is believed that he is the principal deity of the “Yogāmbara Maṇḍala” and belongs to the family of dhyān...

Śākyasiṃha-stotra manuscript preview

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Śākyasiṃha-stotra

eap_79015011

This is a Buddhist stotra text praising Śākyasiṃha, composed in five verses. The colophon states that the stotra is extracted from the Svayambhūpurāṇa and attributes its...

Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī

eap_79015009

This text contains mystical mantras bearing the name of Uṣṇiṣavijayā. These mantras were passed from Buddha Amitāyus to Avalokiteśvara. It is believed that these mantras...

Unidentified Dhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Unidentified Dhāraṇī

eap_79015008

This is a Buddhist text which, based on its context, appears to be a dhāraṇī text. Because the manuscript is missing folios, the colophon is also missing; therefore, the...

Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra manuscript preview

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Āryya-amoghapāśa-hṛdaya-mahāyānasūtra

eap_79015004

It appears that the manuscript is part of a larger work and contains several Buddhist texts. The recto side of the first folio contains a colophon of the Pratisarāstuti o...

Bhīmasenadhāraṇī manuscript preview

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Bhīmasenadhāraṇī

eap_79015003

This is a dhāraṇī composed in 35 verses dedicated to Bhima, second of the five Paṇḍava brothers, who vowed to kill Duśśāsana, a key antagonist in the Mahābhārata. "Bhīmas...

Vasudharā-vratakathā manuscript preview

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Vasudharā-vratakathā

eap_79015002

A vrata text describes the story of the Buddhist deity Vasudhārā. The manuscript contains an illustration of the deity Vasudhārā on folio 1b.

Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī manuscript preview

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Mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī

eap_79021047

This is a Dhāraṇī (spell) text, describes several mantras related to Mahāpratyaṅgirā, a deity in the Tantric Buddhist pantheon.

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Vālakāṇḍa)

eap_79021046

This is a commentry text of Rāmāyaṇa Tilaka, written by Śrīrāma Śarman, on Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa by Ṛṣi Vālmīki. It has seven chapters (kāṇḍa) including; Bāla Kāṇḍa; Ayodhyā K...