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Bhāsvatī-sūtra manuscript preview

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Bhāsvatī-sūtra

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The manuscript contains the Bhāsvatīkaraṇa, an astronomical treatise belonging to the tradition of Indian Siddhānta astronomy. The opening verses attribute the work to Sa...

Tantric mantras manuscript preview

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Tantric mantras

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The manuscript appears to be a collection of tantric mantras and ritual instructions centred on the worship of Bhavānī, Pārvatī, Gaurī, and Mahādeva. The text opens with...

Buddhist Stotra manuscript preview

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Buddhist Stotra

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The manuscript appears to be a Buddhist devotional text combining hymnic praise, religious instruction, and descriptions of meritorious acts. One extant passage opens wit...

Svāyambhu Mahāpurāṇa manuscript preview

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Svāyambhu Mahāpurāṇa

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The manuscript is a collection of Buddhist devotional hymns (stotras) dedicated to various sacred figures and concepts of the Buddhist tradition. The extant colophons ind...

Vaidyajīvana manuscript preview

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Vaidyajīvana

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The manuscript contains the Vaidyajīvana, an Ayurvedic medical treatise composed by Lolimbarāja, who is identified in the colophons as the son of Divākara (Divākarasūnu)....

Gaṇeśa-stotra-pāṭha manuscript preview

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Gaṇeśa-stotra-pāṭha

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The manuscript is concerned with the worship of Mahāgaṇapati and appears to contain ritual instructions, mantras, hymns, and procedures for devotional and ceremonial prac...

Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā manuscript preview

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Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā

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On the basis of the extant text, the manuscript may be provisionally identified as a divinatory manual concerned with the examination of yogas and prognostic conditions t...

Phalita Jyotiṣa manuscript preview

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Phalita Jyotiṣa

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The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Jyotiṣa (Indian astrology) and deals primarily with astrological prognostication (Phalita Jyotiṣa). The extant text discusses t...

Cikitsā manuscript preview

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Cikitsā

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The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Āyurvedic medical literature. It contains numerous medicinal formulations, powders (cūrṇa), pills (guṭikā), decoctions, and the...

Gorakhaguṭikā manuscript preview

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Gorakhaguṭikā

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On the basis of the extant text, Gorakhaguṭikā may be identified as a multi-part tantric manual associated with the Nātha tradition. The manuscript is divided into severa...

Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī manuscript preview

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Nepālarājavaṃśāvalī

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On the basis of the introductory verses and prose passages, the manuscript can be identified as a Nepalese Vaṃśāvalī (dynastic chronicle). The text explicitly states that...

Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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The complete colophon establishes that the manuscript is not an independent work entitled Ratnadhvajāvadāna, but rather the sixth chapter (ṣaṣṭhamo'dhyāyaḥ) of the Vicitr...