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Girvāṇavāgmañjarī
eap_10231036 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript contains the Girvāṇavāgmañjarī, an elementary Sanskrit instructional text composed for beginners. The author explicitly states that the work was written “for the easy understanding of children” (bālānāṃ sukhabodhāya), indicating its pedagogical purpose. The text is attributed to Buddhirāja, who is described as being associated with Kāśī (Varanasi). The extant verses show that the work introduces fundamental grammatical concepts, including gender (liṅga), case endings (vibhakti), subject (kartṛ), object (karma), verbs (kriyā), and indeclinables (avyaya), together with vocabulary and practical expressions. The manuscript therefore represents a primer designed for the teaching of Sanskrit language and grammar.
Cikitsādhikāra
eap_10231037 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript is an Ayurvedic medical treatise devoted primarily to therapeutics (cikitsā). The extant chapter headings reveal a systematic arrangement of diseases and their treatments, including fever (jvara), diarrhoea (atisāra), digestive disorders (grahaṇī, agnimāndya, and ajīrṇa), haemorrhoids (arśas), parasitic diseases (kṛmi), anaemia and jaundice (pāṇḍu, kāmalā, halīmaka), haemorrhagic disorders (raktapitta), tuberculosis (rājayakṣmā), chest injuries and wasting diseases (uraḥkṣata-kṣīṇa), cough (kāsa), respiratory disorders, and anorexia (arocaka). The work appears to provide therapeutic prescriptions and medical guidance for a wide range of ailments and belongs to the classical Ayurvedic tradition. The manuscript is incomplete, beginning with folio 7 and continuing up to folio 73. Several folios from both the beginning and the end of the work are missing. Furthermore, in between 7-73 folio 41 is missing and folio 45 is repeated. Despite these losses and irregularities, the surviving portion preserves a substantial part of the therapeutic text.
Sucandra Gṛhapati Kathā
eap_10231038 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript contains a Buddhist didactic narrative centred on the wealthy householder Sucandra and his wife Candravatī. The story portrays the prosperity and religious devotion of the family and introduces several characters, including Yadumatī, Sunanda, Ḍimbhaka, and the sons of Sucandra. Numerous passages are framed as dialogues and sermons delivered by the Buddha (Bhagavān, Tathāgata), emphasizing the workings of karma, the accumulation of merit, and the consequences of sinful deeds. One episode concerns the desecration and subsequent restoration of a stūpa, highlighting the religious importance of stūpa worship and acts of expiation. References to royal figures such as Dharmapāla and repeated moral exhortations indicate that the narrative was intended to impart Buddhist ethical and devotional values. The work may therefore be classified as a text belonging to the tradition of Buddhist Avadāna or didactic narrative literature.
Buddhist Tantric Pūjāvidhi
eap_1023039 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript opens with the invocation "Oṃ namaḥ Śrīmañjunāthāya" and contains a series of ritual sections concerned with the worship of various deities and protective powers. The text refers to the Buddha and the Tathāgata and subsequently prescribes distinct arcanāvidhis (rites of worship), including Ardhadvārārcaṇavidhi, Gaṇapatyārcaṇavidhi, Gurukalaśārcaṇavidhi, Yoginyārcaṇavidhi, Kṣetrapālārcaṇavidhi, and Vasukalaśārcaṇavidhi. These sections indicate that the work is a compendium of liturgical procedures employed in Buddhist tantric rituals. The manuscript is therefore concerned with the invocation, propitiation, and ritual worship of deities, guardians, and consecrated vessels within the Vajrayāna tradition. It may accordingly be classified under Buddhist Tantra – Ritual and Worship (Pūjāvidhi).
Kuśopadeśanītisāra
eap_10231040 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript contains a collection of didactic verses grouped under the title Kuśopadeśanītisāra. The extant portions include sections entitled Sugrīvāṣṭaka, Tārādevyāṣṭaka, and Aṅgatakṛta Ślokāṣṭaka. The verses emphasize the virtues of righteousness, moral conduct, devotion to parents and masters, and the ideals of noble persons. References to figures such as Sugrīva and Aṅgada suggest an association with the Rāmāyaṇa tradition. The work is therefore a compendium of ethical and instructive verses intended to impart moral teachings and righteous conduct. It may be classified under Nītiśāstra Literature.
Āyurveda (Cikitsā)
eap_10231041 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara
The manuscript is an Ayurvedic medical compendium dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. The extant portions contain sections on Ajīrṇacikitsā (treatment of indigestion), respiratory disorders, Yakṣmā, Viṣamajvara, Atisāra, and ailments arising from the imbalance of the three doṣas. The text describes symptoms and therapeutic measures and prescribes medicinal formulations prepared from substances such as Harītakī, Pippalī, Śuṇṭhī, Tālīsapatra, and Vaṃśarocanā. Sanskrit verses are accompanied by explanatory remarks and prescriptions in Nepalbhāṣā, indicating its practical use in medical treatment. The manuscript may therefore be classified under Āyurveda (Cikitsā).
Śārṅgadhara Saṃhitā
eap_10231042 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
This manuscript contains portions of the Śārṅgadharasāra-saṃgraha (Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā), an important compendium of Ayurveda composed by Ācārya Śārṅgadhara, the son of Dāmodara (Dāmodarasuta Śārṅgadhara), who flourished around the thirteenth century CE. From the extant text it is evident that the manuscript preserves the first three chapters. The first chapter (Paribhāṣādhikāra) deals with fundamental principles and technical definitions employed in Ayurvedic theory. The second chapter (Bhaiṣajyākhyāna) discusses the proper timing of drug administration, together with the concepts of rasa, guṇa, vīrya, vipāka, and prabhāva of medicinal substances. The third chapter contains material relating to prognosis and diagnosis, including nāḍī-parīkṣā (pulse examination), svapna-lakṣaṇa (dream omens), dūta-lakṣaṇa (characteristics of the messenger), śakuna (omens), rogī-lakṣaṇa (signs of the patient), and vaidya-lakṣaṇa (qualities of the physician). Thus, the work presents a concise but practical exposition of Ayurvedic pharmacology and diagnostic science.
Āyurveda (Cikitsā and Nidāna)
eap_10231043 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara
An anonymous Ayurvedic medical compendium beginning with an invocation to Lord Dhanvantari. The manuscript contains prescriptions and therapeutic procedures for poisoning and snakebite, diarrhoea, tridoṣa disorders, sannipāta fever, cough, dyspnoea, pitta-fever, haemorrhagic conditions, urinary diseases, osteoarthritic disorders, genital debility, kuṣṭha, skin diseases, chronic ulcers, and other ailments. It also includes sections on nāḍī-parīkṣā (pulse examination), diagnosis based on the tongue and urine, classification of diseases according to vāta, pitta and śleṣman, and jvara-nidāna. A formulation known as Saptaviṃśati-guggulu, attributed to Dhanvantari, is described as a remedy for all doṣas. The work represents a practical handbook of Ayurvedic diagnosis and therapeutics, compiled from diverse medical traditions.
Rugviniścaya
eap_10231044 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Rugviniścaya (Mādhavanidāna) is a celebrated Ayurvedic treatise on pathology and diagnosis composed by Mādhavakara, son of Indukara. The extant portion contains sections dealing with diseases of the female reproductive system, disorders of the uterus, difficult labour (mūḍhagarbha), puerperal diseases, diseases of women and children, and various kinds of poisoning, including vegetable, milk, metallic, traumatic, humoral and snake poisons. The work systematically describes the causes and diagnostic features of diseases and serves as an authoritative manual of Ayurvedic nosology and diagnosis. The colophon expressly attributes the work to Mādhava, son of Indukara, and refers to the treatise as Rugviniścaya.
Sārasvati
eap_10231045 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara
Sārasvatavyākaraṇa, traditionally attributed to Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, is a concise treatise on Sanskrit grammar intended for elementary instruction. The extant portion contains sections on the five kinds of sandhi (pañca-sandhi-prakriyā), declension of vowel-ending masculine nouns and i-ending stems such as nadī, case-inflections (vibhakti-prakriyā), and compounds (samāsa). The work presents the basic principles of Sanskrit morphology and compound formation in a systematic manner and was widely used as an introductory manual of grammar. The marginal indication “Sārasvati” suggests that the manuscript belongs to the tradition of the Sārasvatavyākaraṇa, although the absence of a complete colophon prevents a definitive identification.
Amarakośa
eap_10231046 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
An anonymous lexicographical work arranged according to thematic groups (varga). The extant portion records synonyms relating to roads and paths, towns and cities, marketplaces, and mountains, and mentions sections entitled Bhūvarga, Pūravarga, and Śailavarga. Words are arranged in a manner characteristic of the Sanskrit lexicographical tradition, especially that represented by the Amarakośa. The manuscript thus appears to be a thesaurus of synonyms intended for grammatical and literary study. On the basis of the arrangement of words into thematic vargas and the style of presentation, the work may tentatively be identified with the Amarakośa, traditionally attributed to Amarasiṃha, although the absence of a colophon precludes a definite identification.
Viśvantara Rājakumāra Kathā
eap_10231047 Language : Sanskrit and Newari Scripts : Nepālākṣara and Devanāgarī
An anonymous Buddhist narrative text belonging to the Avadāna or Jātaka tradition. The extant portion recounts episodes concerning Prince Viśvantara (Vessantara), son of King Śivi, and emphasizes his extraordinary generosity through the donation of various precious objects and possessions. References to royal commands, ministers, subjects, and acts of charity indicate that the narrative centres upon the celebrated story of Prince Viśvantara, one of the most popular Bodhisattva legends illustrating the perfection of giving (dāna-pāramitā). On the basis of the contents, the work may tentatively be identified with the Viśvantarāvadāna or the Vessantara Jātaka tradition, although the absence of a colophon prevents a definite identification.