Vartāvadānamālā

The manuscript opens with the Buddhist invocation “Oṃ Namo Ratnatrayāya” and contains a narrative extending from folio 1 to folio 26. According to the colophon, the text is the Kavikumāra-kathā, included in the Vartāvadānamālā under the section Upoṣadha-praśaṃsā (“Praise of the Upoṣadha Observance”). The work belongs to the Buddhist avadāna tradition and was likely composed to illustrate the merits of observing the Upoṣadha vow through the story of Kavikumāra. The narrative emphasizes Buddhist ethical values, religious devotion, meritorious deeds, and the doctrine of karmic rewards.