{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Nepāl." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Dr. D. Wright in 1873-6." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "2 ff. (folios 6 and 22)." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "18th-19th century." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.1476.2" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Marginalia<\/b><\/p> Two folios of an illuminated black-paper manuscript of the Saptavāra<\/i> (containing only the end of the Vajravidāraṇā<\/i> and the beginnig of the Gaṇapatihṛdayā<\/i>). The Saptavāra<\/i> \u2018Seven Days\u2019 usually incorporates the Vasudhārā<\/i>, Vajravidāraṇā<\/i>, Gaṇapatihṛdayā<\/i>, Uṣṇīṣavijayā<\/i>, Parṇaśavarī/Prajñāpāramitā<\/i>, Mārīcī<\/i>, and Grahamātṛkā<\/i>. This collection associates each dhāraṇī<\/i> with a specific day of the week, a tradition going back to at least the sixteenth century in Nepal. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Saptavāra"
},
{
"label": "Author(s) of the Record",
"value": "Daniele Cuneo, Camillo Formigatti and Gergely Hidas."
},
{
"label": "Material",
"value": "Paper. Folio height: 6.6 cm, width: 20 cm. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Decoration",
"value": "The beginnings of the various dhāraṇi<\/i>s are decorated with polychrome miniatures of approximately 5.5 cm in width, put in the centre of the page and protected by Japanese paper. The only one preserved in this fragmentary manuscript is the following: 5 lines per page, approximately 33 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 5 mm. Interlinear space height: 5 mm. Double marginal frame lines in silver ink. Traces of ruling. The first and last lines as well as the outermost akṣara<\/i>s on both left and right margins are in silver ink, thus forming a frame for the inner area written in golden ink. The numbers in the texts indicating repetitions of parts of mantras are also in silver ink.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Nepālākṣara numerals, mid-left margin, verso (numerals 6 and 22).<\/p> 2. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso (numerals 2 and 1; this foliation restarts for each dhāraṇī<\/i>).<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>
[22v]<\/a> śanicavā
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},
{
"label": "Subject(s)",
"value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha; Bauddha Tantra; Dhāraṇī"
},
{
"label": "Associated Name(s)",
"value": "Wright, Daniel"
},
{
"label": "Format",
"value": "Pothī"
},
{
"label": "Data Source(s)",
"value": "Direct inspection."
},
{
"label": "Language(s)",
"value": "Sanskrit."
},
{
"label": "Author(s)",
"value": "\u200fUnknown"
},
{
"label": "Condition",
"value": "Incomplete, in good condition."
},
{
"label": "Script",
"value": "
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},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "Written area height: 4.5 cm, width: 16.5 cm.