{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Binding", "value": "
Wood cover, original binding.<\/p>On the outer side of the front cover<\/a>, traces of materials smeared on the manuscript during worship rites."
},
{
"label": "Condition",
"value": "Incomplete, in good condition. Many folios look dirty or stained. The writing is sometimes faded."
},
{
"label": "Script",
"value": " This manuscript includes a Pañcarakṣā<\/i> collection and a Saptavāra<\/i> collection. The Pañcarakṣā<\/i> \"Five Protections\" consists of the Mahāpratisarā<\/i>, Mahāmāyūrī<\/i>, Mahāsāhasrapramardanī<\/i>, Mahāmantrānusāriṇī<\/i>, and Mahāśītavatī<\/i> (in various sequences). The earliest evidence for texts grouped together as the \"Five Great Dhāraṇīs\" comes from Tibetan catalogues around 800 CE, but this compendium is somewhat different from the surviving Sanskrit collection, which is preserved in manuscripts dating back to the eleventh century. These scriptures include spells, enumerations of benefits and ritual instructions for use. With the course of time all of them became deified and five related goddesses emerged. It is, however, important to note that the texts themselves do not have any references to these goddesses. The Saptavāra<\/i> (\"Seven Days\") usually incorporates seven dhāraṇī<\/i>s, 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. This paper manuscript, probably to be ascribed to the 17th or 18th century, is illuminated with miniatures of the various goddesses, represented at the beginning of each dhāraṇī<\/i>. The original wood cover bears traces of ritual worship. Instead of the Vasudhārā<\/i>, the Saptavāra<\/i> contained in this manuscript begins with the Vasudhārānāmāṣṭottaraśataka<\/i> (although the final rubric mistakenly identifies it as a Vasudhārādhāraṇī<\/i>). The manuscript is incomplete as it misses the last folio, which contained the end of the colophon. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Date of Creation",
"value": "17th-18th century."
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Pañcarakṣā, Saptavāra, Mahāpratisarā, Mahāmāyūrī, Mahāsāhasrapramardanī, Mahāmantrānusāriṇī, Mahāśītavatī, Vasudhārā, Vajravidāraṇā, Gaṇapatihṛdayā, Uṣṇīṣavijayā, Parṇaśavarī/Prajñāpāramitā, Mārīcī, Grahamātṛkā, Vasudhārānāmāṣṭottaraśataka, Vasudhārādhāraṇī"
},
{
"label": "Author(s) of the Record",
"value": "Daniele Cuneo, Camillo Formigatti and Gergely Hidas."
},
{
"label": "Material",
"value": "Paper. Folio height: 7.8 cm, width: 23.4 cm. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Classmark",
"value": "MS Or.1811"
},
{
"label": "Decoration",
"value": "The beginnings of the various dhāraṇi<\/i>s are decorated with (sometimes damaged) polichrome miniatures of approximately 4.5 cm in width, drawn in the centre of the page: Marginalia<\/b><\/p> 5 lines per page, approximately 45 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 5 mm. Interlinear space height: 5 mm. Double marginal frame lines; ruling.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Date of Acquisition",
"value": "14 December 1957 (University Library stamp)."
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso.<\/p> 2. Original: Nepālākṣarā letter-numerals, mid-left margin, verso (only on folios 1-14 and 16-17).<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>
On f. 6r<\/a>, representation of the goddess Sāhasrapramardanī.
On f. 7v<\/a>, representation of the goddess Māyūrī.
On f. 11r<\/a>, representation the goddess Śītavatī.
On f. 13r<\/a>, representation the goddess Mantrānusāriṇī.
On f. 15r<\/a>, representation the goddess Vasudhārā.
On f. 18v<\/a>, representation the goddess Vajravidāraṇā.
On f. 20v<\/a>, representation of the goddess Ganapatihṛdayā.
On f. 22r<\/a>, representation of the goddess Uṣṇīṣavijayā.
On f. 25r<\/a>, representation of the goddess Parṇaśavarī.
On f. 26v<\/a>, representation the goddess Mārīcī.
On f. 28r<\/a>, representation the goddess Grahamātṛkā.
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"
},
{
"label": "Donor(s)",
"value": "Waterhouse, E. K."
},
{
"label": "Additions",
"value": "
[6r]<\/a>≀ sāhasrapamardani
[7v]<\/a>≀ māyūriyā ||
[11r]<\/a>≀ śitavatiyā ||
[13r]<\/a>≀ mantrānusādhaniyā ||
[15r]<\/a>≀ ādityayā ||
[18r]<\/a>≀ somavālayā ||
[20v]<\/a>≀ maṅgaravālayā ||
[22r]<\/a>≀ budhavārayā ||
[25r]<\/a>≀ bṛhaspatiyā ||
[26v]<\/a>≀ śuklayā ||
[22v]<\/a>≀ śaniścarayā ||
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<\/div><\/div>"
},
{
"label": "Subject(s)",
"value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha; Bauddha Tantra; Dhāraṇī"
},
{
"label": "Format",
"value": "Pothī"
},
{
"label": "Data Source(s)",
"value": "Direct inspection."
},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "Written area height: 4.7 cm, width: 19.5 cm.