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Viśvantara Rājakumāra Kathā manuscript preview

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Viśvantara Rājakumāra Kathā

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An anonymous Buddhist narrative text belonging to the Avadāna or Jātaka tradition. The extant portion recounts episodes concerning Prince Viśvantara (Vessantara), son of...

Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa manuscript preview

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Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa

eap_67616013

Śuddhāvāsika Sukuṇḍaladeva Putroddhāraṇa Prakaraṇa is a chapter from the Ārya Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra. It narrates the story of the celestial being Sukuṇḍaladeva, who suff...

Vimalāvadāna manuscript preview

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Vimalāvadāna

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Vimalāvadāna is a distinctive avadāna narrative concerning Vimala and his spiritual journey toward Buddhahood. The text is structured through three narrative layers. In t...

Rāmāyaṇa (Laṃkākāṇḍa) manuscript preview

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Rāmāyaṇa (Laṃkākāṇḍa)

eap_79021055

This is a great epic Rāmāyaṇa attributed to Vālmīki. It has seven chapters, in which the work contains the last chapter Laṅkā Kāṇḍa also known as the Yuddha Kāṇḍa. This c...

Amṛtalaharī manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Amṛtalaharī

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This text is an astronomical work consisting mainly of tables. It begins with the author's description, including Dhruvasaṃvatsara and Vālakaghaṭikā, and mentions several...