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1. EAP676/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP676/7
Title:
Rāj Bhāī Vajracārya Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection of manuscripts in private ownership
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
20 folders of TIFF images

2. EAP676/7/1

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

3. EAP676/7/3

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

4. EAP676/7/4

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

5. EAP676/7/5

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

6. EAP676/7/6

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

7. EAP676/7/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP676/7/7
Title:
Lokācāra and Vividha
Scope & Content:
This text is written in mixed Sanskrit and Newārī. The script is Pracalit Newārī.. Folios are partly damaged but readable. Its size is 16.5X7.5 CMs.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF 54 MB

8. EAP676/7/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP676/7/8
Title:
Lokeśvara Prārthanā
Scope & Content:
This manusscript is the prayer of Lokeśvara, the Bodhosattva of Compassion. It is in Sanskrit written with Pracalit Newārī script. But writing is very bad. Its size is 16.5X7.5 CMs
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
5 TIFF 54 MB

9. EAP676/7/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP676/7/9
Title:
Title Unknown
Scope & Content:
Title of this manuscript is not known. But it is about religious music. Its language is Sanskrit and scripts is Pracalit Newārī. Writing is bad and difficult reading..
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
5 TIFF 54 MB

10. EAP676/7/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP676/7/10
Title:
Dvādaśa Tīrtha Pujā Vidhi
Scope & Content:
This is text describing twelve holy pilgrimages in the Kathmandu valleyṬhere are 12 such holy plces where pujā rituals are performed and Buddhist texts are recited.This text discuses about worship procedures in those pilgrimages. It is a Sanskrit text written in Pracalit Newārī.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
18 TIFF 54 MB

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