Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_264
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_263
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_262
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_261
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_260
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_259
Bṛhajjātakavṛtti is a commentary on Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka, a foundational text on horoscope astrology. This commentary provides extensive elucidation of Varāhamihira...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_258
1. Buddhabhaṭṭarakasya daśabalāyatana stotra 2. Dharmadhātu-vāgīśvara-gīta-stotra 3. Buddhagīta stotra 4. Narakoddhara stotra 5. Vāgīśvara-vandana-stotra 6. Buddhagīta-st...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_257
Item 1 – See note 256. This manuscript contains eight sargas, as indicated in the colophon on folio 40b. Item 2 – This is the story of Sumāgadhā, daughter of Anāthapiṇḍad...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_256
Written by the Buddhist poet Aśvaghoṣa, a contemporary of Emperor Kanishka, this mahākāvya (epic poem) narrates the life of the Buddha in verse. Only thirteen cantos of t...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_254
Baṭukabhairavasya sahasranāmastotra is derived from the from the Umā-Maheśvara saṃvāda. The colophon indicates that this text is a hymn that invokes a thousand names of o...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_253
This text belongs to the branch of pārājika literature dedicated to specific Buddhist deities, notably Mañjuśrī, Lokeśvara, Tārā, and Vajrasattva. Despite sharing termino...