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Wood cover, original binding (with floral motives).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in generally good condition. Many folios look dirty or stained. The writing is often faded, and sometimes illegible." }, { "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 is probably to be ascribed to the 17th or 18th century. Instead of the Vasudhārā<\/i>, the Saptavāra<\/i> contained in this manuscript begins with the Vasudhārānāmāṣṭottaraśataka<\/i>. <\/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" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Daniele Cuneo, Camillo Formigatti and Gergely Hidas." }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper, double layered.
Folio height: 8 cm, width: 25 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.1812.1" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Waterhouse, E. K." }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
5 lines per page, approximately 45 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 6 mm. Interlinear space height: 4 mm. Two square blank spaces, framed by double marginal lines. String hole spaces height: 2 cm, width: 2 cm.
Triple 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>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "
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