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Mahāvastu manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Mahāvastu

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"The Mahāvastu avadāna contains the biography of Gautama buddha, and is filled with stories and miracles accompanying his extraordinary conception, birth, renunciation, e...

Namasaṅgīti manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Namasaṅgīti

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The Nāmasaṅgīti (NS) is an invocation of the names of Mañjuśri such as Ādibuddha, Mañjuśrijñānasattva, Vajratīkṣṇa, Arapacana, Vāgīśvara, Yamānataka, etc and according to...

Mahābhārata manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Mahābhārata

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The Mahābhārata is one of the two major epics of India, the other being Ramāyaṇa. It is revered as a Smṛti text in Hinduism. The Mahābhārata narrates the events in the li...

Mahāpratisarā manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Mahāpratisarā

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"Mahāpratisarā is one of five female protectors (Rakṣā) of Vajrayana Buddhism, who remains important in the Newar Buddhism of Nepal. In the Pañcarakṣasūtra, her dhāraṇī i...

Mahāpratisarā manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Mahāpratisarā

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"Mahāpratisarā is one of five female protectors (Rakṣā) of Vajrayāna Buddhism, who remains important in the Newar Buddhism of Nepal. In the Pañcarakṣasūtra, her dhāraṇī i...