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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/5
Title:: Dharma Raj Vajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collector is very much enthusiast to collect manuscripts. This collection has considerable number of manuscripts among the private collections. Larger part of this collection is from family inheritance. At the same time, the collector also added some manuscripts. and personal collection. It...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-19th century
Extent:: 2497 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/6
Title:: Chiba Guthi Collection
Scope & Content:: Newar people have a very well organised cultural behaviour. Their cultural lives has been well structured and institutionalised. Several social organisation are there in their cultural realm. Guthi or literally endowment is one among many such social and religious organisations. Each Guthi has i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 171 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/7
Title:: Smriti Shrestha Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection has a very interesting story. It was recovered by a student of Buddhism who after the devastating earthquake of 2015 in Nepal made survey of Buddhist Viharas in Thimi, a small medieval Newar town in Bhaktapur district. In the mound of debris of an abandoned Vihara, she saw some p...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-19th century
Extent:: 72 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/8
Title:: Nir Harsha Bajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection is recovered in Banepa, an ancient Newar township east of Kathmandu valley. His collection has very rare manuscript of a traditional religious game called Chiba Kasa. It is rarely found in Nepal. Extent: 1 file
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/9
Title:: Naresh Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collector is from Patan who is an art dealer. He also has some manuscript collections containing to rituals and art. Very rare manuscripts are in this collection pthat are extremely important in Buddhist cultureal behaviour and practices. This collection has very old manuscripts. Extent: 4...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-19th century
Extent:: 245 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/10
Title:: Naresh Bir Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection belongs to a Buddhist who has no other manuscript except one that was inherited from his ancesters. This single manuscript is very important due to theme, existing miniatures, cover design. This manuscript remained in practical use for considerably a longer time. The finger marks...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 184 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/11
Title:: Anuj Vajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection was recovered in a very small traditional town of Bungamati south of Patan. It is the home town of Bungadyo Aryavalokitesvara, a very famous deity in Newar Buddhism. The collection has miscellanous manuscripts. It has Buddhist and Hindu religious manuscripts as well as texts on a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-18th century
Extent:: 733 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/13
Title:: Anonymus Collector
Scope & Content:: This collector is from Kathmandu.This collection has only one manuscript. It is a manuscript of Goddess Durga. It is important for Hindus to perform religious ritual of the goddess. Extent: 1 file
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 53 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/14
Title:: Chakra Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection, which is in Patan, is one of the significant private collections of Buddhist manuscripts written with Newari scripts. Those wrere written during the medieval times. These are very important manuscripts both in terms of religious practice and academic discourses. Some of the text...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-19th century
Extent:: 243 TIFF images

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