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Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī
eap_79014009
A dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Gaṇapati begins with a story in which Lord Buddha resides in Rājagṛha and gives teachings to his closest disciple, Ānanda. I...
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Uṣṇīṣavijayanāmadhāraṇī
eap_79014008
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...
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Āryyavajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantradhāraṇī
eap_79014007
A Dhāraṇī (spell) text dedicated to the deity Vajravidāraṇa (Vajra Conqueror), a semi-wrathful form of Vajrapāṇi. The text is said to have been imparted by Vajrapāṇi thro...
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Siddhaiṣakallavīrapratibhedāntare Sahajodayarāsenāmābhisamayaṃ-Acalābhisamaya
eap_79014001
This is a Buddhist Tāntric text containing mantras, bījamantras, and nyāsas in praise of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa, an emanation of the dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya. Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa is a...
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Devī Mahātmya (Part of Mārkhaṇḍeya Purāṇa)
eap_79013001
The text is Devī Mahātmya also known as Durgā Saptaśatī which is a devotional stotra consisting of 13 adhyāya (chapters) which places Devī as the supreme reality and all...
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Manuscript related to Tantra
eap_79011015
This manuscript is heavily damaged as half of the folios have been hacked off probably due to rodent damage but one side of the thread binding structure is still visible...
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Praśnapradīpa
eap_79011013
This manuscript is a Jyotiṣa text which is heavily damaged. It is hacked off from the left side, due to rodent infestation. It appears to be the work Praśnapradīpa/ Praśn...
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Cāṇakyasāra saṃgrah
eap_79011012
The text is Cāṇakyasāra saṅgrah the title is present in the intermediate colophon. The manuscript is incomplete as it lacks a beginning and end with some folios out of or...
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Amarakośa (Kāṇḍa-3)
eap_79011011
The title has been taken from the marginal abbrevation which reads A. Ko. The Amara kośa is a Sanskrit thesaurus or a type of lexicon which has categorized sanskrit words...
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Mantras related to tantra
eap_79011010
This manuscript appears to be a tantric mantra in a dialectic language form. The script is an unusual form of devanāgarī which has some syllables from the Nepal Akṣara sc...
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Ārya Mahāpratisarā
eap_79011009
Ārya Mahāpratisarā is a tantric stotra in the newari Buddhist tradition written in Sanskrit language in sūtra form. It is the first of the five Protective Sūtras in Mahāy...
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Mahābhārata Nāṭaka
eap_79011007
This Ms. is incomplete. It is partially damaged from the side and also the folios have worn out. It appears to be in a regional dialect written based on the epic mahābhār...