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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/5/7
Title:: Śrīmad Āryāvalokiteśvara Vividha Stotraṃ
Scope & Content:: Āryāvalokiteśvara is the Bodhisattva of compassion. He has prominent place in the lives of Newār Buddhists in the kathmandu valley. Āryāvalokiteśvara Stotras are also recited on regular basis. There are several such stotras. This manuscript also contains several stotras composed by various compos...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1677
Extent:: 18 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/6/1
Title:: Āryāvalokiteśvarasya Carapati Stotra
Scope & Content:: Āryavalokiteśvara Stotra composed by Carapatipāda is very popular stotra of ''Karuṇāmaya''. Main text is in Sanskrit followed by Newārī explanationṬhis stotra is written in Devanāgarī. Its size is 16X10 CMs.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1914
Extent:: 15 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/6/2
Title:: Mantra Saṃgraha
Scope & Content:: ome mantras of Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are wrīten in Rañjanā script. These are very important mantras. These are recited for religious purposes. Folio size is 16X10
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 6 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/7/1
Title:: Pañcarakṣā Sūtra
Scope & Content:: This is the Sūtra of fivefold protection.The five protective deities occupy important place in the religious lives of Newār Buddhists. It is the combination of five individual Sūtras attributed to each protective deity. These Sūtras discuss power and deeds of the deitiesṬhis manuscript is in very...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1841
Extent:: 220 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/7/3
Title:: Ritual Book
Scope & Content:: It is a Buddhist ritual book. Newar Buddhism has adapted various ritual after it abandoned celibate monastic practice by the end of 13th century. Various ituals and pujā were added in religious practice. This is a Sanskrit manuscript in Pracalit Newārī script. It is readable but is partly faded.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 17 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/7/4
Title:: Jāta Karma
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is a text used one of the ten Buddhist life-cycle rituals. This text is used during purifying birth pollution and naming of babies. It is a folded book. Its language is Sanskrit and script if Pracalit Newārī. Folio size is 17X10 CMs.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1939
Extent:: 17 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/7/5
Title:: Tantric Vidhi
Scope & Content:: This is the text of a tantric ritual. Newār Buddhist consider tantra as an esoteric practice. However, Tantra lineages do not exist there. Once highly developed scholarrship degraded and Buddhism underwent ritual transformation.Consequently, practice of Tantra remained ambiguous.However, tantric...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 22 TIFF 54 MB

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP676/7/6
Title:: Lokeśvara Stotra
Scope & Content:: This is hymn of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is one of the prominent Buddhist deity in Nepal to whom Hindus also venerate by different name. This manuscript praises the deeds of the Bodhisattva. This text is copied by Indra Singh in Sanskrit and Newārī. The folio size is 16X7.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 20 TIFF 54 MB

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