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Bhadrakalpāvadāna
matsunami_265 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The fragment contains Chapter 1 (fols. 1–9) and the end of Chapter 29, along with Chapters 30 and 31 (fols. 1–53). There are several blank lines on fols. 7 and 8 (Matsunami). The pagination is inconsistent and difficult to follow, as the page numbers on the bottom right corner of the folia sometimes do not match those on the right-hand side of the verso folia.
Bhūtaḍāmaratantra
matsunami_273 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra is a Buddhist esoteric text on magic and exorcism, detailing rituals for controlling spirits and deities under the authority of Vajrapāṇi as Bhūtaḍāmara, the “Tamer of Spirits.” Likely compiled in eastern South Asia around the 7th–8th century CE, it introduced the cult of Bhūtaḍāmara. The text was later absorbed into Hindu traditions with a Śaiva reinterpretation and spread throughout the Himalayas and Tibet. It opens with Śiva being overpowered, slain, revived, and converted by Vajradhara, after which he becomes a Buddhist protector. The tantra’s sādhanas invoke female deities who grant yogīs supernatural power and wealth. Apart from a few ritual manuals, this remains the primary text dedicated to Bhūtaḍāmara (Source: 84000, Religion Database)
Maṇḍalopāyikā
matsunami_280 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bhujinmol
The Maṇḍalopāyikā is a Tantric Buddhist initiation manual attributed to the scholar Padmaśrīmitra. (Szanto)The colophon refers to him as Khaśarṣaṇīya Maṇḍalācārya Padmaśrīmitra, likely indicating a connection to the Kharsaṇiyā region. Alexis Sanderson notes that he was based at Khasarpaṇa Monastery (The Rise of Tantrism, p. 126). This text elaborates on various esoteric rituals within the Vajrayāna tradition, culminating in the Antasthitikarmoddeśa, a final chapter detailing funerary rites for a Tantric master (Tanemura). The manuscript’s first folio (1a) features an image of Mañjuśrī, depicted with four—possibly six—arms. The writing remains legible throughout, though the final folios appear densely inscribed. Folio 8 is missing.
Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī
matsunami_281 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
The Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī is a Sanskrit grammar text, specifically an abridgment of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī. It was written by Varadarāja, a student of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, to make the study of Siddhāntakaumudī more accessible. The work is also sometimes referred to as Madhyakaumudī. (NCC, p. 158b). In this manuscript, the handwriting changes after folio 17, becoming noticeably rough. The last folio is written in yet another distinct hand.
Mahajjātakamālā
matsunami_285 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
"The Mahajjātakamāla was composed in late medieval Nepal (fourteenth to seventeenth centuries C.E.); half of its contents paraphrase an earlier Mahāyāna sūtra, the Karuṇapunḍarīka Sūtra. It has been edited by Michael Hahn." (Reikho Ohnuma, Head Eyes, Flesh and Blood, p. 288) Also see SAMHiTA on Bṛhat jātaka. This text is written in verse śloka form, and the jātaka genre of literature usually recounts previous lives of the Buddha.
Mahākālasādhana
matsunami_289 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Contents :- 1. 1b1-1b3 Catur-bhuja-mahākāla-sādhana. 2. 1b3-1b5 Mahākāla-sādhana. 3. 1b5-2b3 Ṣaḍ-bhuja-mahākāla-sādhana. 4. 2b3-6b4 Ṣoḍaśa-bhuja-mahākāla-sādhana.
Mahāmeghasūtra
matsunami_296_1 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Bhujinmol
The Mahāmeghasūtra presents a discourse between the Buddha Śākyamuni and the bodhisattva Great Cloud, also referred to as Great Cloud Secret Storehouse or Great Cloud Essence, alongside a vast audience of human and divine beings. Their dialogue explores a wide range of topics, with a central focus on the expansive path of bodhisattvas. The text details the meditative states, dhāraṇī power, and liberative techniques that bodhisattvas must master to guide all sentient beings toward liberation.(Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, entry on Mahāmeghasūtra and 84000, https://84000.co/translation/toh232). Fols. 1, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26 and 29 (8 leaves) are missing.
Mādhavanidāna
matsunami_299 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
"Mādhavanidāna, also known as Rugviniścaya, is a medical work, containing lists of different types of diseases along with their causes, symptoms and complications. The food and medicines which are apt for curing different types of diseases are also mentioned." (Wisdom library, https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/madhavanidana) The contents of this mss. are (3a1 ) iti roga-utpanna, (4a1) iti vāta, (4b9) iti pitta, (5b4) iti kapha, (6b6) iti vāta-śleṣma, (8b4) iti āgha-saṃnipāta, (10a1) iti phalagu, (10b1) iti makaryākhya. Fols 50-55b torn on the bottom margin. Some damaged. Script changes to Devanāgarī on 87a.
Mādhavīyakālanirṇayaśloka with Vikaraṇa commentary
matsunami_301 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A dharmaśāstra work by Mādhava (c. 1300) that explains the times appropriate for various religious observances. This is written in śloka form.
Mṛtyuvañcanopadeśa
matsunami_308 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
"The Mṛtyuvañcanopadeśa is a learned anthology of rites to cheat death once its signs have been perceived." (Péter Dániel Sźantó in Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004432802/BP000010.xml?language=en )
Yogāmbarīsādhanaratnamālā
matsunami_312 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
This manuscript contains the Yogāmbarīsādhanaratnamālā, along with a fragment of another tantric work and a Yogāmbarārādhana fragment. The Ratnamāla is considered one of its satellite texts of the Catuḥpīṭha, a yoginītantra comprising four subchapters, centered on a pantheon of 13 goddesses led by Jñānaḍākinī, whose consort is Yogāmbara.
Yoginījālatantra
matsunami_313 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanagarī
"The Yoginījālatantra is a compilation on the worship of yoginīs, and begins with an obeisance to Vajravarāhi just after her union with Heruka, when she is in a mood to grant all sorts of boons." (xv, preface) (2 leaves with fol. 53.