Hayagriva is a wrathful deity in Vajrayana Buddhism. This manuscript is the Dhāraṇī mantra of Hayagriva. Golden letters are written on black paper. But it is called Nīlaptra (literally -Blue paper). It has two beautiful miniatures of Buddha and Hayagriva. The text is incomplete. This manuscript i...
It is folded book called 'Thyasaphu' (literally - the true book) in vernacular Newārī. It is a life cycle manual of the Buddhist Newārs.copied by a Vajrācārya from Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra. It is a Sanskrit manual written in Pracali Newārī script. This book is incomplete and partly damaged. The s...
This text is about polity called the Cāṇakya Nīti' (The strategies or policies of Chaṇakya). The main text is in Sanskrit and interpretations are written in Nepālī language.It has fine writing. But the physical condition of the manuscript is not satisfactory. Some folios of this manuscript are m...
This birch bark manuscript comes from early medieval period in Nepal that is around 10th century written in old Newārī. Its title is not known. Being very old, folios are fragile. Folio size id 24X5 CMs. Originally both sides were written with text. However, in modern times, one side of each foli...
This manuscript is used both by Hindus and the Buddhists. It contains rituals, Stotra, mantras and Sādhanās. It is a Sanskrit text written in Pracalit Newāri script.It is in a good condition however, some folios are missing. Its size is 20.5X7.5 CMs.
The three folios of birch bark contain paintings of various Buddhist deities on one side of each folio. Although folios are partly damaged, paintings are exceptionally beautiful. This is typical Newār art. It looks old. The folio are from the medieval period, however, paintings are recently done ...
These birch bark folios contain miniature paintings of five Transcendental Bbuddhas, Tāra and other Tantric deities. It represents typical and fine Newār art of Kathmandu valley. Newār art itself has greater influence of Pāla art of Beṅgāl. The size of the folio is 31X5.5 CMs.
