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Vartāvadānamālā manuscript preview

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Vartāvadānamālā

eap_10231009

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya” and contains a narrative extending from folio 1 to folio 26. According to the colophon, the text...

Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Mahāratharājasya Vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231008

The manuscript begins at folio 218 and ends at folio 241. Since the manuscript starts in the middle of the text, some folios from the beginning are missing. Based on the...

Māyādevī-kathā manuscript preview

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Māyādevī-kathā

eap_10231007

The manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative centred on Queen Māyādevī, the mother of the Buddha. The invocation to Lokanātha and the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, a...

Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā manuscript preview

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Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā

eap_10231006

The manuscript is identified in the colophon as Upoṣaṭadevaputra-mantra-sādhana-kathā. The opening invocation: Oṃ namo ratnatrayāya. Oṃ namo gurubhyo namaḥ. and the co...

Śukasaptati manuscript preview

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Śukasaptati

eap_10231005

The manuscript belongs to Śukasaptati, a well-known collection of narrative tales centered on themes of love, wit, morality, practical wisdom, and human conduct. The colo...

Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Sarvārthasiddhikumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231004

The manuscript is a Nepalese Buddhist narrative exposition text focused on the Bodhisattva Sarvārthasiddhi Kumāra, combining devotional invocation, moral storytelling, an...

Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā manuscript preview

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Vasiṣṭha-ṛṣiśvara-kathā

eap_10231003

the manuscript is a Buddhist narrative kathā text about Sage Vasiṣṭha, presented in a doctrinally Buddhist framework and preserved within the Nepalese manuscript traditio...

Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā

eap_10231002

The manuscript, identified in the colophon as Viśvantararājakumāra-vyākhyāna-kathā, belongs to the Nepalese Buddhist narrative tradition and recounts the story of Prince...

Tathāgataguhyakasūtra manuscript preview

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Tathāgataguhyakasūtra

eap_67617002

The Tathāgataguhyakasūtra is an important canonical text within the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions. The text is dedicated to revealing the "Three Secrets" of a Buddha — the...

Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja manuscript preview

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Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja

eap_67617001

The Āryasubarṇaprabhāsottamasūtrendrarāja popularly known as the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra, is one of the most magnificent and spiritually influential scriptures in Mahāyāna...

Collection of Fragments: Hevajra Tantra, Mahīkha Saṃvara, Āryāvalokiteśvara Bhayaṃkarī, Gāthā Dve, Aṣṭa Mahābhaya Haraṇa Tārā, Sūrya Stotra, Mañjunātha Padmapāṇi, Caṇḍa Mahāroṣaṇa, Ārya Śrī Hāritī Devī, Śrī Śanicara Pāṭha & Ārya Gaṇapati Hṛdaya Sūtra. manuscript preview

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Collection of Fragments: Hevajra Tantra, Mahīkha Saṃvara, Āryāvalokiteśvara Bhayaṃkarī, Gāthā Dve, Aṣṭa Mahābhaya Haraṇa Tārā, Sūrya Stotra, Mañjunātha Padmapāṇi, Caṇḍa Mahāroṣaṇa, Ārya Śrī Hāritī Devī, Śrī Śanicara Pāṭha & Ārya Gaṇapati Hṛdaya Sūtra.

eap_67614045

It is the collection of multiple manuscripts but found only fragments. Folios 014-015 may be a fragment of Surya, Folio 025 mentioned the name of scribe as Kulabahadur Ba...