काली मंत्र, महाषोडशी, महापाशुपतास्त्र

MTM, MTM 1: Separate Leaf (Indian paper), Nepali  with  Sanskrit, Devanagari, काली formula (fol 1, digital image 001); MTM 2: बोक्सी = लाइ हां = न्या मंत्र (fol 2, digital image 002), Sanskrit, Devanagari; MTM 3: दिसा= वंध ग = र्ने मंत्र, “ । “ । (fol 2, digital image 002); MTM 4: महाषोडशी;  Sanskrit, Devanagari, Kuṭākṣara for formulae and highlighted (digital image 006), Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम:॥ ॥ अथ महाषोडशी॥ (fol 4a, digital image 004), End: इति महाषोडशी शुभम्॥ (fol 6b, digital image 002) ; MTM 5: महापाशुपतास्त्र, Sanskrit, Devanagari, Start: अथ महापाशुपतास्त्र॥ (fol 6b, digital image 006), End: इति महापाशुपतास्त्र मंत्रम्॥ (fol 7b, digital image 007)); ink smeared (fol 8, digital image 006), deletions by ink smudge (digital image 008). Calendar: C 990 (Nepal Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 11 folios. Physical characteristics: Patrasaphū (Leaf book) (Indian paper (or any machine made paper)), slight physical damaged at the folds; and Thyāsaphū (folded book) (Nepali handmade lokta paper), Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on few folios, moisture damage on corners, slight insect damage; 17.5cm x 25cm (1 folio); 21cm x 5cm (10 folios). Additional script information: Kuṭākṣara is a vertical syllabogram based on Newari scripts, mostly used to write cryptic formulae for esoteric practice. Kuṭākṣara is unique to Nepal, although as Vījamantra they were familiar to Śaiva and Śākta scholars in India. The project team are not aware of the existence of such script outside, except disseminated from Nepal to east Asia, China and Japan.