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Dhāraṇī-saṃgraha

matsunami_196 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Dhāraṇī
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference No. matsunami_196
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

A collection of 51 Dhāraṇī texts contains spells for praising various Buddhist deities. A few of them include: Vasudhārāyā-nāmāṣṭottara-śatakaṃ buddhabhāṣita (f.1a–3a); Vajravidāraṇāyanāmadhāraṇī-hṛdayopahṛdayamūlasūtra (f.3a–5a); Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdaya (f.5a–7a); Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (f.7a–9b); Parṇṇaśavarā-mahāmārī-praśamaṇī-dhāraṇī (f.9b–11a); Āryyamāricīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.11a–12b); and Graha-mātṛkā-dhāraṇī (f.12b–20a). Up to this point, the text and the arrangement of the chapters are similar to those in Sl. no. 192. This manuscript ends with the Vasudhārā-jamvara (Jambhala ?)-hṛdaya-dhāraṇī (folios 159b–161a). Matsunami, in his 'Catalogue of the Kawaguchi-Takakusu Collection of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Notebook 19' (pp. 59-62), listed all 51 dhāraṇī texts contained in this manuscript. Prajñyāpāramitā-hṛdaya, Śaniścarā-stava, Gaṇapatihṛdaya, Pithā stava stotram, Vasudhāra hṛdaya mūla mantra, Caṇḍamahāroṣana-Dhāraṅī, Durgatipariśodhanī-Dhāraṇī, Hūtāśanatejo-Dhāraṇī, Bhaiṣajya-Dhāraṇī, Herukasya śarvarī praśamaṇī Dhāraṇī, Kālachakra nibaddha Dhāraṇī, Hevajra dhāraṇapā vidhi, Hastapūjā vidhāna, Guhyeśvarīmantra-Dhāraṇī, Mantrānusaraṇi, Yogāntarasya sarwarāja nāma Dhāraṇī, Pattvajña Viddhi, Ekajaṭī ugratārā Dhāraṇī, Tārābhaṭṭārikāyā aṣṭottaraśataka, Dhvajāṅga-keyūrīnāma-dhāraṇī.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Dhāraṇī-saṃgraha
Alternative Titles Dhāraṇī-saṃgraha (Ārya-śrī-vasudhārāyā nāmāṣṭôttara-śata and 50 other Dhāraṇī, etc.)' (Matsunami)
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference Number matsunami_196
Collection Kawaguchi Ekai Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Dhāraṇī
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Japan
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

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Dhāraṇī