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Dhanakara Vaṇija kathā
eap_10231021
This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text or avadāna in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on Dhanakara, a wealthy merchant whose life is transformed through Budd...
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Nidhāna kathā
eap_10231020
This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on a figure named Nidhāna, probably a householder-devotee associated with a signif...
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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
eap_10231019
This manuscript contains the eighth chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna, entitled Manasarmā-duḥkha-bhogina-cittoddhāraṇa. The chapter narrates the sufferings of a person...
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Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
eap_10231018
This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist Avadāna text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari), specifically the first chapter of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna. It narrates the story of a weal...
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Viriñci-Nārāyaṇa-avatāra
eap_10231017
The manuscript is most likely a Vaiṣṇava devotional narrative describing the rescue of Gajendra by Lord Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa). Its central theme is the efficacy of devotion an...
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Dharmashrīvālaka kathā
eap_10231016
This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) that recounts the life, birth, virtues, and meritorious deeds of a devotee named Dharmashr...
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Citraviṃśaty-avadāna
eap_10231015
The manuscript contains the Śṛṅgabhērī-kathā, a narrative included in the Citraviṃśaty-avadāna and connected with the Lakṣacaitya-vrata. The text was likely composed to p...
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Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna
eap_10231014
The manuscript appears to contain the opening chapter of the Śṛṅgabhērī-avadāna, a Buddhist narrative text. The colophon reads: “Iti Śrī Śṛṅgabhērīvadāne Pūjā-puṇyānusaṃ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...