Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_87
The Kāraṇḍavyūha is an early Mantrayāna sūtra and the source of the famous mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ. This sūtra holds particular significance, as the mantra has become ce...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_85
It seems that the text is a commentary (ṭippaṇikā) on Kātantravyākaraṇa by Durgāsiṃha. Matsunami also raised a question regarding the text, as he thinks it could be the K...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_84
A Kātantravyākaraṇa text by Śarvavarmā, with a commentary named Daurgasiṃhavṛtti by the 8th-century Buddhist grammarian Durgāsiṃha, is considered a key work in the Kātant...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_83
A Jātaka story taken from the Vratāvadānamālā, in which Upagupta tells the story of Prince Kavikumāra to King Aśoka. According to Upagupta’s narration, this story was fir...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_82
A Jātaka story taken from the Vratāvadānamālā, in which Upagupta tells the story of Prince Kavikumāra to King Aśoka. According to Upagupta’s narration, this story was fir...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_81
An Alaṁkāra text contains four stavakas by Deveśvara, the son of Vāgbhaṭa, who was the prime minister to the king of Mālava. The text serves as a manual for poets, drawin...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_80
This Buddhist Āgama text comprises 13 paṭalas (chapters), making it a relatively rare text in the Buddhist tradition. The chapters are as follows: Vajrasatvādijñātvāsaṃve...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_77
An Avadāna text containing nine chapters describes the importance of almsgiving. The text is associated with the previous Buddha, Dīpaṅkara. The story begins in a large a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_76
An Avadāna text containing nine chapters describes the importance of almsgiving. The text is associated with the previous Buddha, Dīpaṅkara. The story begins in a large a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_75
The Avadāna text comprises 18 chapters. While Matsunami refers to this text as Kapīśāvadāna, the colophon of the manuscript identifies it as Kavitāvadāna. Kapīśāvadāna co...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_74
This is a Newari commentary on Kapilapātrāvadāna. 'Kapilapātrāvadāna (A version of °), in śloka form, with a vernacular commentary, incomplete' (Matsunami, 1965, pp. 31-3...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_73
A Buddhist text narrates the story of previous Buddha Dīpaṅkara Buddha. It also discusses Buddhist rituals to praise the Buddhas. This seems to be a rare text.