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EAP945/1/44
- Record Id:
- 040-003573736
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003573692
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101757098.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP945/1/44
- Title:
- गुरूआमन्त्रण and निर्वाण:
- Additional Titles:
-
Procedures for Gurūāmantraṇa and Nirvāṇa:
- Scope & Content:
-
MTM, MTM 1: गुरुआमन्त्रण; Sanskrit, Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम: .. .. अथवलिक्रम:.. (fol 3a, digital image 003); End: प्रशादास्ते सदार्चरलंघनं जीवधारणे॥चतुर्थ=पात्रं आनन्दमयो भूत्वा॥॥ (fol 28a, digital image 028 ); MTM 2: निर्वाण:, Sanskrit with Newari Instructions, Devanagari and Kuṭākṣara; Start: अथ निर्वाण:॥ (fol 28b, digital image 028); End: ईति निर्वाणं: (!)॥ (031a, digital image 031); Instead of the दण्डs we have two dots here (fol 10b, digital image 010); Deft hands (fol 21b, digital image 021); emendations by crowfeet and marginal additions (digital image 003).
Calendar: 1930 (Vikram Samvat).
Extent and format of original material: 59 folios.
Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, One side Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue), different inks (digital image 028); 25cm x 14cm (1 folio); 19.5cm x 10 (58 folios).
Additional language information: Sanskrit (Language), Newari (Language of instructions).
Additional script information: Kuṭākṣara is a vertical syllabogram based on Newari scripts, mostly used to write cryptic formulae for esoteric practice. Kuṭākṣara is unique to Nepal, although as Vījamantra they were familiar to Śaiva and Śākta scholars in India. The project team are not aware of the existence of such script outside, except disseminated from Nepal to east Asia, China and Japan.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Pre-Modern Hindu Ritual Manuscripts from Kathmandu Valley
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003573692
040-003573736 - Is part of:
- EAP945/1 : Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi's Collection of Texts on Hindu Rites and Rituals
EAP945/1/44 : गुरूआमन्त्रण and निर्वाण: - Hierarchy:
- 032-003573692[0044]/040-003573736
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP945/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 31 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP945-1-44
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Newari
Sanskrit - Scripts:
- Devanagari
Kutaksara
Newari - Start Date:
- 1873
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- 1873
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Physical Characteristics:
- Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, One side Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue), different inks (EAP945_GB046_028.tif); 25cm x 14cm (1 folio); 19.5cm x 10 (58 folios).
- Former External References:
- EAP945_GB_046
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Upendra Bhakta Subedi, Āgam House, Nepal.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)