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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/15/2
Title:: Vasundhara Vrata Katha
Scope & Content:: This manuscript describes the deeds of Goddess Vasundhara. He has been recognized as the deity of prosperity and wealth among the Newar Buddhists in Nepal. The Vrata [fasting ritual] of the deity is one of the most popular religious practice among the Buddhists in Nepal. This story is explaine t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/16
Title:: Nirmala KC Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection was recovered in Bhaktapur. She made this collection by herself. It has Tantric texts both Buddhist and Hindu Tantras. It also has a text on Hindu polity. Extent: 5 files
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 63 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/16/3
Title:: Koti Potali Vidhi
Scope & Content:: It is a Hindu Tantric manuscript. It is about tantic ritual. Its language is Sanskrit and Scrips is Pracalit Newari.This paper manuscript is in good condition. Only 3 folios of this manuscript are extant. It was written in 857 Nepal Samvat. Its folio size is 22.5X8 CMs. 1737 CE Extent: Folios: 3
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/17
Title:: Manish Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection is inherited by the present owner. This collection has Hindu text. It belongs to a Buddhist. However, the text is old and written in Newari language. This is important to understand religiosity of Shaiva Newars. It also respresents religious harmony and syncretism as as these are...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 331 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/18/2
Title:: Puja Vidhi
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is a ritual text called Puja Vidhi. It is in Newari language written with Devanagari script. This paper manuscript is partly damaged. Its size is 27.5X13 CMs. Extent: Folios: 6
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/19/1
Title:: Vidhi
Scope & Content:: This is a ritual text. It is a Buddhist manuscript in Sanskrit and Newari languages and Pracalit Newari script. It is partly damaged. Its folio size is 16.5X9 CMs. Extent: Folios: 18
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/19/4
Title:: Puja Vidhi [Title Unknown]
Scope & Content:: It is a Puja Vidhi ritual manuscript in Sanskrit and Newari languages. It is written with Pracalit Newari script. It is a folded book of 20X8 CMs in size. This manuscript is damaged. Extent: Folios: 35
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/19/7
Title:: Puja Vidhi
Scope & Content:: It is a ritual manuscript in Sanskrit. It is written with Pracalit Newari script. This paper manuscript is in damaged condition. Only first folios are extant. Its size is 20X8 CMs. Extent: Folios: 5
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

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