Nidhāna kathā

This manuscript appears to be a Buddhist narrative text in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) centred on a figure named Nidhāna, probably a householder-devotee associated with a significant religious episode. The text opens with a description of the Buddha surrounded by disciples and various celestial beings at Vārāṇasī, suggesting a traditional Buddhist narrative framework. The work likely explores themes of devotion, merit, karma, and religious instruction through the story of Nidhāna and the teachings delivered in response to his circumstances. The subject begins on folio 1; however, the manuscript breaks off after folio 7, and the subsequent portion of the text is not preserved. Consequently, the narrative remains incomplete in its present form, and its conclusion is not available. निधान word already written in left marzin of manuscript.