Rātri yajña tantra Vidhi

This manuscript is in fairly good condition yet not fully complete. It is a tantric manuscript written in Newar language and Nepal Akṣara script. The text deals with Rātri yajña tantra. It explains the step by step process of the yajña vidhi. Various mantras are given with illustrations on the right side of the folio, of various objects, herbs, special items and hand gestures. The text on the last folio is not vissible. The three folios before that have two illustrations on each page. Image No. 22– The first two illustrations are of Bhairava deity with 2 pairs of arms. He is a form of lord Śiva. The other two are of a semi-deity Makara (crocadile) and a headless figure Ketu whose head is considered to be Rāhu in Hindu Jyotiṣa legend. Image No. 23– The first two illustrations are of Chinnamasta a with her severed head in one hand and a celestial deity with an elephant head and the rest of the body of a bird. The other image also contains a celestial animal and hybrid horse with a man's torso in place of the horse's head, holding a hunting bow. This may be a Jyotiṣa reference to the Dhanu Rāśi (Sagittarius) zodiac sign. Image No. 24– There is a fish from whose mouth a woman is extending out holding sweets offering them to a man in a casual seated position.