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Dhāraṇī-saṃgraha
matsunami_196 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A collection of 51 Dhāraṇī texts contains spells for praising various Buddhist deities. A few of them include: Vasudhārāyā-nāmāṣṭottara-śatakaṃ buddhabhāṣita (f.1a–3a); Vajravidāraṇāyanāmadhāraṇī-hṛdayopahṛdayamūlasūtra (f.3a–5a); Āryyagaṇapati-hṛdaya (f.5a–7a); Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (f.7a–9b); Parṇṇaśavarā-mahāmārī-praśamaṇī-dhāraṇī (f.9b–11a); Āryyamāricīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.11a–12b); and Graha-mātṛkā-dhāraṇī (f.12b–20a). Up to this point, the text and the arrangement of the chapters are similar to those in Sl. no. 192. This manuscript ends with the Vasudhārā-jamvara (Jambhala ?)-hṛdaya-dhāraṇī (folios 159b–161a). Matsunami, in his 'Catalogue of the Kawaguchi-Takakusu Collection of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Notebook 19' (pp. 59-62), listed all 51 dhāraṇī texts contained in this manuscript. Prajñyāpāramitā-hṛdaya, Śaniścarā-stava, Gaṇapatihṛdaya, Pithā stava stotram, Vasudhāra hṛdaya mūla mantra, Caṇḍamahāroṣana-Dhāraṅī, Durgatipariśodhanī-Dhāraṇī, Hūtāśanatejo-Dhāraṇī, Bhaiṣajya-Dhāraṇī, Herukasya śarvarī praśamaṇī Dhāraṇī, Kālachakra nibaddha Dhāraṇī, Hevajra dhāraṇapā vidhi, Hastapūjā vidhāna, Guhyeśvarīmantra-Dhāraṇī, Mantrānusaraṇi, Yogāntarasya sarwarāja nāma Dhāraṇī, Pattvajña Viddhi, Ekajaṭī ugratārā Dhāraṇī, Tārābhaṭṭārikāyā aṣṭottaraśataka, Dhvajāṅga-keyūrīnāma-dhāraṇī.
Dhāraṇī collection
matsunami_197 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A collection of seven Dhāraṇī texts contains spells for praising various Buddhist deities. It includes: Vasudhārāyā-nāmāṣṭottara-śatakaṃ buddhabhāṣita (f.3b); Vajravidāraṇonāma-hṛdayopahṛdayamūlamantra (f.6a); Āryyagaṇapatināma-dhāraṇī (f.8a); Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (f.11b); Parṇṇasarvvarī-mahāmārī-praśamaṇīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.13a); Āryyamārīcināma-dhāraṇī (f.15a); and Grahamātṛkādhāraṇī (f.24b). This text is similar to Sl. No. 192.
Dhāraṇī collection
matsunami_198 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Rañjanā
A collection of seven Dhāraṇī texts contains spells for praising various Buddhist deities. It includes: Vasudhārā-nāmāṣṭottara-śataṃ buddhabhāṣita (f.1b-4a); Vajravidāraṇonāma-dhāraṇī-hṛdayopahṛdaya-mūlasūtra (f.4b-7a&7b); Āryyamahāgaṇapati-hṛdaya (f.7b-10a); Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (f.10b-14a); Āryyamahāparṇṇaśavarī-mahāmārī-praśamaṇīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.14b-16a&16b); Āryyamārīcīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.16b-18b); Grahamātṛkānāma-dhāraṇī (f.18b-32b). The manuscript includes illustrations of the seven deities to whom each text is dedicated. Folio 1b features Vasudhārā; 4b depicts Vajravidāraṇī; 7b shows Gaṇapati; 10b depicts Uṣṇīṣavijayā; 14b features Parṇṇaśavarī; 16b depicted Mārīcī; and 18b features Grahamātṛkā. This text is similar to Sl. no. 192.
Dhāraṇī collection
matsunami_199 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A collection of 25 texts contains Dhāraṇī texts, stotra and stava texts for praising various Buddhist deities. It includes:Āryyasarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣasitātapatro-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṃgirā-mahāvidyārājñī (f.23b); Vajravidāraṇa-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī (f.31a); Gaṇapati-hṛdayanāma-dhāraṇī (f.34a); Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (f.38b); Parṇṇaśavarī-mahāmārī-praśamaṇīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.40b); Āryyamārīcīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.43a); Vajrapāṇigrahamātṛkānāma-dhāraṇī (f.56b); Grahamātṛkānāma-dhāraṇī (f.57b); Mahāpratisarāprathamamantra-dhāraṇī (f.65b); Mahāsāhasrapramarddanīnāma-mahāyānasūtra (f.69a); Mahāmāyūrī-vidyārājñī (f.75a); Mahāśītavatināma-vidyārājñī-daṇḍadhāraṇī (f.77a); Mahāmantrānusārani-vidyārājñī-mantradhāraṇī (f.80a); Dhvajāṅga-keyūrīnāma-dhāraṇī (f.83a); Aparimitāyū-sūtra (f.126b); Gaṇapati-stotra (from Nāradapurāṇa) (f.135a); Saṃkaṭādevī-stavarāja (f.137b); Ekajaṭā-dhāraṇī (f.149a); Pañcaviṃśtikā-prajñāpāramitānāma-dhāraṇī (f.152a); Bhadracarī-mahāpraṇidhāna-ratnarāja (f.161b); Jātismara-nāmadhāraṇī (f.162b); Śaniścarā-stava (from Skandapurāṇa) (f.168a); Pīṭhavalā-stava (f.176b); Tārā-ekaviṃśatistotra (f.179); Jarmmarājā (Yamarājā?) stotra (f.181a). Folia 98-106 are missing it seems that they may contains text from Mahākāla-dhāraṇī .
Dhāraṇī collection
matsunami_200 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Dhāraṇīs are short pithy mantras which form a collection of spell literature, and consist of invocations to various tantric deities. The following mss contains 34 dhāraṇīs recorded by Matsunami in his notebook 14, p. 38. Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī, Amoghpāśa hṛdaya, Siṃhanāda lokeśvarasya vidhipraśamaṇi Dhāraṇī, Avalokiteśvarasya mukhodgīrṇṇo siddhikā nāma Dhāraṇī, Sahasrabhuja-lokeśvara Dhāraṇī, Avalokiteśvarasya nilkaṇṭha Dhāraṇī, Sahasrāvarta Dhāraṇī, Ṣaḍ-āṣāḍī mahāvidyaā Dhāraṇī, Bhadracari praṇidhāna rāja, Mokṣapada Dhāraṇī, Abhayakāri Dhāraṇī, Māṇibhadra Dhāraṇī, Vajrapāṇi svaharakṣa Dhāraṇī, Heruksya sarwarāja praśamaṇi Dhāraṇī, Vairocani Dhāraṇī, Akṣobhaya Dhāraṇī, Ratna saṃbhava Dhāraṇī, Amitābha Dhāraṇī, Amoghviddhi Dhāraṇī, Durgatipariśodhana Dhāraṇī, Cūdābhavatī Dhāraṇī, Hutāsanateja Dhāraṇī, Bhaiṣajya Dhāraṇī, Padmahasta Dhāraṇī, Sarvamaṁgala Dhāraṇī, Karṇṇajapa Dhāraṇī, Sarvapāpa dahana Dhāraṇī, Sarvabuddha bodhisattva nāma saṃdhāraṇī, Mahāpratisarā Dhāraṇī, Mahāmāyūrī-vidyārājñī, Mahāsitapatidaṇḍadhāraṇī, Mahāmantrānusāriṇi mahāvidyā Mahāmāyūrī-vidyārājñī.
Dhāraṇīsaṅgrahapurāṇa
matsunami_201 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Dhāraṇīs are an important part of spell literature, and contain invocations to various deities, and in this text, range from Gaṇapati to Piśāciparṇaśabarī, and contains the 5 Buddha family dhāraṇīs, to deities like Hevajra, Kurukullā and Cakrasaṁvara. Matsunami's notebook 19, p. 52 onward records 61 dhāraṇīs in this mss with their folio numbers. Gergely Hildas mentions that this is an undated mss, seemingly from the 19th century." (See Powers of Protection: The Buddhist Tradition of Spells in the Dhāranīsaṃgraha Collections by Gergely Hidas, p. 311 which lists the names of 65 dhāraṇīs). In the final colophon it is called Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha-Purāṇa-Mahāyānasūtra." Pañcarakṣā mahādevyā sādhana, Vasudhārāyā-nāmāṣṭottara-śatakaṃ, Vajravidāraṇa-hṛdayamantra dhāraṇī, Gaṇapati-hṛdaya nāma-dhāraṇī, Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī, Piśāciparṇṇasarbarī-mahāmārī- prajñyā manī-dhāraṇī, Mārīchi dhāraṇī, Grahamātṛkānāma-dhāraṇī, Rāhavagrahaśānta dhāraṇī, Ketugrahaśānta dhāraṇī, Vajravamahākāla tantrarāja, Abhimantra-phale-siddhi-dāyini vajrayogini nairātmya guhyeśvari mantra dhāraṇī, Ekajaṭā dhāraṇī, Āryatārā bhaṭṭārikāyāḥ śaragdharā stuti, Nāmasaṃgīti hṛdaya, Tattvajñāna saṃsiddhi, Bhadracari mahāpraṇidhane ratna rāja, Aparimitāyuramahāyānsutra, Vajrasatvakāyasya tathāgatavyāptaṃ, Sugatāvadānukta sapta buddha stuti, Mañjuśrī pratijñā dhāraṇī, Mañjuśrīmantra, Amṛtabhakṣā dhāraṇī, Alpañcana Mañjuśrī sādhana dhāraṇī, Maitreyi pratijña sutradhāraṇī, Maitreyi dhāraṇī, Gaṇdavyūha dhāraṇī, Aryatāravbhaṭṭārikāyā nāmaṣṭṭottara śataka, Svayambhu caitya bhaṭṭārakoddesa, Ugratārāstotra, Mahāsamvara hṛdaya dhāraṇī, Mahāvajravārāhi dhāraṇī, Vajratārā dhāraṇī, Hevajra dhāraṇī, Ugratārā dhāraṇī, Kurukullā dhāraṇī, Mahāsarasvatī dhāraṇī, Uṣṇiṣa cakravarttī dhāraṇī, Daśakrodha dhāraṇī, Bajrapāṇī bhāṣitā dhāraṇī, Megha dhāraṇī, Kurukullā kalpa, Siṃhamukhi dhāraṇī.
Collection of dhāraṇī, stotra and sādhana
matsunami_202 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Matsunami calls this the Stotra-Dhāraṇī collection by in his notebook 14 (p. 43) and records a collection of 107 stotras and dhārāṇīs. He mentions that the fragment begins with folio 281, and fol. 414-417 are wanting, along with fol. 406, 407. Lokeśvara śataka(by Vajradatta), Tattvajñanasaṃsiddhi, Pūjāmegha dhāraṇī, Tathāgata śataḥsara, Vighnantakastotra(caturbhuja), Mahākālasadhana, Ṣadbhuja mahākālasadhana, Ṣodaśabhuja mahākālasadhana, Vasudhārā dhāraṇī, Prajña pāramitā dhāraṇī, Pitavarṇa prajña pāramitā dhāraṇī, Āryāvalokiteśvarasya mukhājīrṇṇo siddhimikā dhāraṇī, Māṇibhadra dhāraṇī, Mañjughoṣakṛta praṇidhāna rāja, Tārāpratijñā dhāraṇī, Gāthādvaya dhāraṇī, Sāhyamanināṃ viśeṣa dhāraṇī, Bhayagrīyakalpa vajragandha dhāraṇī, Mahāmāyāvajravārāhi dhāraṇī, Mahābhairava dhāraṇī, Cintāmaṇi dhāraṇī, Ādityadevādaśa nāma, Herukayogāmbarakālacakra hevajra stotra, Nāmsaṁgīti dhāraṇī, Vajratārā dhāraṇī, Lokapālānāma dhāraṇī, Gaganākṣepavajrayogini dhāraṇī, Raktayamāri dhāraṇī, Mahābhairavasya dhāraṇī, Vasudhārā dhārasya upadeśa, Ṣaḍakṣarīvvidyā dhāraṇī, Kālacakranivardhha dhāraṇī, Hevajradhāraṇapūjāvidhisaṃgraha, Mahāsārasvatidhāraṇī, Mahāpratisarādhāraṇī, Mahāpratisarāyāḥ sādhana, Mahāmayūri dhāraṇī, Pañcarakṣā mahādevyāḥ sādhana, Hastapūjāvidhāna, Nairātmasādhana, Vajrahūṃkār bhairavasya dhāraṇī, Hayagrīva dhāraṇī, Śuklavarṇa vajra vārāhi dhāraṇī, Vajraśṛṃkhalā dhāraṇī, Saṃkṣipta bhuja herukasya dhāraṇī, Sitapatrāparājitā dhāraṇī, Vajracarcika dhāraṇī, Dhajāgrakeyūrsādhana dhāraṇī, Caṇḍamahāroṣana dhāraṇi, Hevajra dhāraṇi, Trailokyavijaya dhāraṇi, Gaṇdavyūha dhāraṇi, Samādhirāja dhāraṇi, Vajrasarasvati sādhana, Mahāpratisarāmahāvidyā dhāraṇi, Mahāsitavati dhāraṇi.
Dhvajāgrakeyūrādhāraṇī and a dhāraṇī
matsunami_203 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The term dhvajāgra, meaning "crest insignia," refers to a symbol or emblem mounted at the end of a long pole, traditionally used as a martial ensign on the battlefield in ancient India. The Dhvajāgrakeyūrādhāraṇī is a charm that, when recited, is said to manifest as a female deity who provides protection, dispels fear, and grants blessings such as good reputation and abundance (84000). According to the text, the Buddha gives this dhāraṇī to Indra to ensure his success in battle after being overpowered by other gods (Mitra, 283). This manuscript is composite in nature, containing the Dhvajāgrakeyūrādhāraṇī alongside an unnamed dhāraṇī, which begins on folio 3a2 (Matsunami notebook 33, p. 31).
Nagarāvalambikāvadāna
matsunami_204 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
"The Divyāvadāna is a large compendium of Indian Buddhist narratives written in Sanskrit from the early centuries of the Common Era. The Nagarāvalambikā avadāna (The Story of a Woman Dependent on the City for Alms) is about a leprous beggar woman who sees the venerable Mahākāśyapa, offers him rice water as an offering and subsequently through her earned merit attains a plan among the Tuṣita heaven. (14, Rotman) The Nagarāvalambikā avadāna manuscript is in really good condition with broad folia and neat Devanāgarī lettering.
Narakoddharaṇastava
matsunami_205 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Medieval Bangla or Mithilākṣara
Among the Indic manuscripts believed to be held by Joboje Palden Atiśa (Tib. Jo bo rje dpal ldan Atiśa) as housed in the Catalogue of the Retreng Monastery as listed by Tibetan scholar Lhundrup Chöpel. After the colophon, the mss talks about an upasika who donated?
Composite- Navagrahāṇāṃ vidhiḥ and other texts
matsunami_206 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Manuscript has charts and diagrammatical illustrations of planetary positions. Folia paginated in pencil.
Nāmasaṅgīti
matsunami_207 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The Nāmasaṅgīti (NS) is an invocation of the names of Mañjuśri such as Ādibuddha, Mañjuśrijñānasattva, Vajratīkṣṇa, Arapacana, Vāgīśvara, Yamānataka, etc and according to scholarly belief, is considered to be extracted from the Māyājālā-Mahāyogatantra, hence falls within the Yogatantra class of tantras. Lokesh Chandra mentions that unlike popular scholarly belief, the NS is not a recitation of the names of Mañjuśrī, but is a recitation of the hymn of the “advaya paramārtha”, that is, the nondual ultimate truth. Understood as a deity of wisdom and knowledge, Mañjuśri has close ties with the mythical lore of the Kathmandu Valley, and hence the Nāmasaṅgīti has a popular place in the Nepalese Buddhist community as a frequently chanted scripture. Chanting this scripture is said to bring freedom from fears, good health, long life and purification of unpleasant destinies. In the modern day, Nepal celebrates the full moon day of Caitra month (caitra pūrṇīmā) as the festival of Nāmasaṅgīti (Nāmasaṅgīti parva). (Triratna Pau, 2021 Year 2, Vol 6).