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Three Oriya palm leaves showing splitting and brittleness  

Publication Date:  1978
Creator:  Fox, Paul
Subjects:  Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान में
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Suka saptati [Seventy Parrot stories] (MS 211241)  

Material:  Ink and gouache on paper and wood
Measurements:  H10.2 x W28.5 cm
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत
এশিয়া -- ভারত
ایشیا -- بھارت
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா
એશિયા -- ભારત
ഏഷ്യ -- ഇന്ത്യ
आशिया -- भारत
ఆసియా -- భారతదేశం
ಏಷ್ಯಾ -- ಭಾರತ
Śukasaptati
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Purchased by Lord Scarborough in Nepal, 1956

རྒྱུད་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་དཔལ་སྒྱུ་འཕྲུལ་རྩ་བའི་རྒྱུད་གསང་བ་སྙིང་པོ།  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kloṅ-chen-pa Dri-med-ʾod-zer, 1308-1363
Longchenpa
Material:  Blockprint, ink on paper
Measurements:  H17 cm x W62 cm
Subjects:  བོད་
तन्त्र
Tantra
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 西藏
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 西藏
Guhyagarbha Tantra
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Tantra. Guhyagarbhatantra
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Purchased by Sir William Dennison Ross, former SOAS Director.

Ripu-simha virappa mapana mantrisvara (MS 44194)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Charms (MS 44188)  

Subjects:  Charms
Mantras
Yantras
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

བཤེས་པའི་སྤྲིང་ཡིག་  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century
አንተነህ ዓለሙ
魯珠, 班贡帕巴,‏ ‎‡d active 2nd century
नागार्जुन
Publisher:  manuscript ( བོད , तिब्बत , 西藏 )
Material:  Blockprint, ink on paper
Measurements:  H8.9 x W52.5 cm
Subjects:  Buddhism
बौद्ध धर्म
Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines
Religious life -- Mahayana Buddhism
Buddhist priests -- India -- Correspondence
बौद्ध पूजाहारीहरू - भारत - पत्र
बुद्ध धर्म
महायान बौद्ध धर्म - सिद्धांतों
धार्मिक जीवन - महायान बौद्ध धर्म
बौद्ध पुजारियों - भारत - पत्राचार
大乘佛教 -- 教義
大乘佛教 -- 学说
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by Mr Marco Pallis, 1941

Kasiṇa-bhāvanā (MS 44162)  

Publication Date:  19th Century
Creator:  [S.n.]
Format:  47 leaves (94 inscribes sides) : illustrated
Material:  Palm leaves
Measurements:  11.5 x 2
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Bhikku-patimokkha (lacquered Buddhist manuscript)  

Publication Date:  [19th-20th century]
Measurements:  H10 x W54 cm
Subjects:  Kammavaca
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Rules
प्रातिमोक्ष
ปาติโมกข์
เอเชีย -- ประเทศไทย
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Asta-natha-dhyana (MS 44193)  

Publication Date:  1724
Format:  ff. 8
Measurements:  20x3
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

[Buddhist Ordination]  

Publication Date:  [1827]
Subjects:  Buddhist monks
အရာ -- မြန်မာ
Ordination (Buddhism)
ဗုဒၶဘာသာဘုန္းေတာ္ႀကီးမ်ား
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift from the Burmese Dictionary Office, 30/12/1968

Janma patrika  

Publisher:  scribe unknown ( Kerala State )
Format:  17.78 x 3.81 cm
Material:  Black ink
Laminated palm leaves (two leaves pasted together)
Subjects:  Astrology
Horoscopes
जन्म पत्रिका
ജാതകം
ജ്യോതിഷം
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kuti-kanna-sthavira-vastuva (MS 44191)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Subjects:  Buddhism
Buddhist literature
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Handlist of the manuscripts in South Asian languages in the Library  

Publication Date:  1978
Creator:  Dogra, Ramesh Chander
Publisher:  The Library, School of Oriental and African Studies
Format:  47 pages
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  21 cm.
Subjects:  SOAS, University of London
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library. Catalogs
SOAS, University of London. Library. Catalogs
SOAS, University of London. Library.
Manuscripts, Indic
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Sandhyā (MS 44192)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Format:  11 palm leaves (22 printed sides)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Charms (MS 44189)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
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