Manuscript Digital Library
3,219+ South Asian manuscripts from repositories across the world
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_133
A Sanskrit kāvya composed of 50 lyrical verses, ascribed to Bilhaṇa, an 11th-century Kashmiri poet. However, it is sometimes also ascribed to Cora, Sundara, or Vararuci....
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_132
An Avadāna text, being the 8th chapter of the Aśokāvadānamālā (Matsunami, 1965, p. 55) , is a part of the Aśoka-Upagupta chronicles, in which Upagupta narrates and explai...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_131
An Avadāna text, being the 8th chapter of the Aśokāvadānamālā (Matsunami, 1965, p. 55) , is a part of the Aśoka-Upagupta chronicles, in which Upagupta narrates and explai...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_130
An Avadāna text, being the 8th chapter of the Aśokāvadānamālā (Matsunami, 1965, p. 55) , is a part of the Aśoka-Upagupta chronicles, in which Upagupta narrates and explai...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_129
A Buddhist ritual text on the adoration of the caityas and their benefits. "On 4a1, there is the word ``sucetana'' which is the name of the Bodhisattva who takes an impor...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_128
A Buddhist ritual text explains caitya-related rituals. The text is composed in a dialogue form between Vasubandhu and King Indrapṛṣṭha.
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_127
This manuscript contains a Newari commentary on the Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha, a text that contains nīti verses ascribed to Cāṇakya. Many texts have been found under the same c...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_126
This manuscript contains two sets of texts. The first is a Buddhist Tantra manuscript that describes the Aṣṭamātṛkā (eight deities) and their worship rituals. These deiti...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_125
This is a Buddhist Tantra text that deals with spiritual practices and mantras. It describes 14 vidhis, and afterward, the text provides detailed descriptions of mudrās a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_124
This manuscript contains the third chapter of Ratnamālāvadāna text, a collection of stories about the previous Buddhas. It is written in a dialogue format between Sage Up...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_123
This is a composite manuscript containing short works on astrology. The works it contains are: Cakravyūhāṣṭadhākoṭavikāra (f. 1b-8a), Kaśīśvarīmahāgamapraśnaśāstra (f. 9a...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_122
A Buddhist Dhāraṇī text contains mystic mantras for the veneration of the nine planets. These mantras belong to the Tantric class. The text describes the rituals of worsh...