Pratyaṅgīrā is a Mahāvidyārajñī Dhāraṇī text. This is one of the popular Dhāraṇī among the Newār people in Nepal. This manuscript is fragmented . All other folios are missing except the first one.It looks very old . It is written in Pracalit Newārī script. Its size is 21.5X7 CMs.
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
There are ways to pacify bad planets. This manuscript describes how to pacify them and protect one from its bad sight. It is the Sanskrit text written in Pracalit Newārī. It is just one folio and others are missing.
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...
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.
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...
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.