Pañcarakṣā Sūtra

This is the Sūtra of fivefold protection.The five protective deities occupy important place in the religious lives of Newār Buddhists. It is the combination of five individual Sūtras attributed to each protective deity. These Sūtras discuss power and deeds of the deitiesṬhis manuscript is in very good condition.It is in Sanskrit written in Pracalit Newārī script. As other similar manuscripts, it also has images of five protectress painted nicely on the beginning page of the each Sūtra. Each folio is of 34.5X9 CMs in size...