Archival records from The Melvin Seiden Award: Digital documentation of endangered medieval manuscripts in individual and Vihāra collections from various Newār settlements in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (EAP790)

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  • Gyankar Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/1
    This collection of manuscripts belongs to Mr. Gyankar Vajracharya who lives in Bhaktapur. He is a traditional Newari painter by profession. He is…

  • Suprasanna Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/2
    This collection belongs to a son of an eminent Pandit from Patan. The Pandit was well known ritual performer and a scholar of Buddhism. His son…

  • Dev Vajra Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/3
    This collection is inherited from ancestors of several generations. The present owner is not much aware of the significance of manuscripts in this…

  • Prabhakar Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/4
    This collection is another important collection in Bhaktapur. It mostly has Hindu texts and a few are Buddhist. In addition, it also has historical…

  • Dharma Raj Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/5
    This collector is very much enthusiast to collect manuscripts. This collection has considerable number of manuscripts among the private collections…

  • Chiba Guthi Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/6
    Newar people have a very well organised cultural behaviour. Their cultural lives has been well structured and institutionalised. Several social…

  • Smriti Shrestha Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/7
    This collection has a very interesting story. It was recovered by a student of Buddhism who after the devastating earthquake of 2015 in Nepal made…

  • Nir Harsha Bajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/8
    This collection is recovered in Banepa, an ancient Newar township east of Kathmandu valley. His collection has very rare manuscript of a…

  • Naresh Shakya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/9
    This collector is from Patan who is an art dealer. He also has some manuscript collections containing to rituals and art. Very rare manuscripts are…

  • Naresh Bir Shakya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/10
    This collection belongs to a Buddhist who has no other manuscript except one that was inherited from his ancesters. This single manuscript is very…

  • Anuj Vajracharya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/11
    This collection was recovered in a very small traditional town of Bungamati south of Patan. It is the home town of Bungadyo Aryavalokitesvara, a…

  • TNS Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/12
    Extent: 106 files.

  • Anonymus Collector

    Collection Ref: EAP790/13
    This collector is from Kathmandu.This collection has only one manuscript. It is a manuscript of Goddess Durga. It is important for Hindus to…

  • Chakra Ratna Shakya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/14
    This collection, which is in Patan, is one of the significant private collections of Buddhist manuscripts written with Newari scripts. Those wrere…

  • Mani Ratna Shakya Collection

    Collection Ref: EAP790/15
    This collection is in Itumbahal, Kathmandu. The collector is an astrologer and a Buddhist. The manuscripts were written and colleted by his…