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 ritual text dealing with anniversary ritual of deceased family members. Ṭhis manuscript is a folded book written in Pracalit Newārī script. It is a Newārī text.
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 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.
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 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.
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
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..