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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/1/25
Title:: Sarasvati Puja Jihva Sodhana Vidhi
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is related to the Puja of Saraswati , the goddess of Knowledge. It is a Hindu manuscript written some hundred fifty years ago in NS 999. It is in modern paper and in a fine condition. This manuscript is written in Devanagari script. The subject of theis manuscript is the ritual t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/14/14
Title:: Haratinama Dharani
Scope & Content:: This is a Dharani of Harati, a Protective deity. Harati is both a revered goddess and demon in some Buddhist traditions. In her positive aspect, she is regarded for the protection of children, easy delivery and happy child rearing while her negative aspects include the belief of her terror towar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/3/2
Title:: 受戒秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 受戒秘語 [shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1911
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/21
Title:: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. External cover title: 大斎清醮初真授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao chuzhen shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. Instructions about ceremony in the ritual for the deceased, including the retreat, the offering and the ritual of receiving Ch...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1980
Extent:: 99 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/13/19
Title:: 雷府科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 雷府科 [leifu ke]. External cover title: 雷府冤解科 [leifu yuanjie ke]. Compilation of two texts: Lei fu and Yuan jie (Jie yuan). Lei fu: Instructions for the ritual to fight back against a ‘report to the spirits’; Yuan jie: Magic to build a house for the deities with three le...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1850
Extent:: 16 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/6
Title:: 救患秘語一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 救患秘語一本 [Jiuhuan miyu yiben]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 26 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/14
Title:: 授戒秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 授戒秘語 [shoujie miyu]. External cover title: 一本授戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16/10
Title:: 伸斗按龍解冤秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 伸斗按龍解冤秘語 [Shendou anlong jieyuan miyu]. Compilation of three texts: An long, Shen dou and Jie yuan. An long: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors; She...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/1
Title:: 又集授戒川光
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 又集授戒川光 [youji shoujie chuanguang]. External cover title: 一本授戒川光 [yiben shoujie chuanguang]. Magic for the ordination of the disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1940
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/19/13
Title:: 早晚救患秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 早晚救患秘語 [zaowan jiuhuan miyu]. External cover title: 三宮科 [sangong ke]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to ‘kill the insects/pest’ of the flowers, that is to prot...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

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