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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Newar medieval manuscripts Place Kathmandu, Nepal

1. EAP790/13

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

2. EAP790/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/15
Title:
Mani Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is in Itumbahal, Kathmandu. The collector is an astrologer and a Buddhist. The manuscripts were written and colleted by his ancestors. He inherited this collection. This collection has important Buddhist manuscripts. Extent: 16 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
463 TIFF images

3. EAP790/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/18
Title:
Saundryavati Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection belongs to a Buddhist family migrated during the early modern period from Kathmandu to Tansen in Palpa. A small Buddhist Newar community exist in this town. They did every effort to keep alive Newar Buddhist culture out of core Newar civilization. Therefore, they still possess Bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
223 TIFF images

4. EAP790/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/19
Title:
Ratna Man Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is possed by a Buddhist Newar in Kathmandu who has ancestral ties with Buddhists of Palpa and some other hilly townships. Texts in this collection are mainly ritual texts, Stotra, Sutra and Purana. Newar Buddhists still use those kinds of texts. Extent: 7 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
361 TIFF images

5. EAP790/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/21
Title:
Amrit Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of the significant manuscripts in private possession. Manuscripts in this collections mostly derived from Hinduism. It also has very old Palm leaves manuscripts.It has different types of manuscripts covering wide variety of themes. Extent: 123 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
7197 TIFF images

6. EAP790/21/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/21/1
Title:
Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Scope & Content:
This is a Buddhist Sutra. Its subject is very profound concept of Buddhism i.e. the theory of Voidness. It is a Sutra in Sanskrit. Its script is Pracalit Newari. It was copied by Dhanasingh Vajracharya od Suratsri Mahavihara in Kathmandu. It was written in Nepal Samvat 816. It has one miniature ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
250 TIFF images

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