मन्त्रदान पद्धति, शिष्यशोधन, गोपनशपथ मन्त्र

MTM, MTM 1. मन्त्रदान पद्धति 2. सत्यशपथ, Table of contents without page numbers, Devanagari,१. गुर्वामन्त्रण २. दमनारोहण ३. कुजाग्रु विधि ४.  अधिवासन ५. दिक्षाविधि: ६. दमनारोहण ७. मन्त्रदान पुस्तक ८. दीपयाग विधि ९. कुब्जिकाग्नुपूजाविधि (fol 2, digital image 002), (See GB036, fol 37), मन्त्रदानपद्धति, Sanskrit, Newari Instructions, Devanagari, Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम:॥ ॥ गुर्वामत्रण(!)॥ पूर्वाभिमुखगुरु:॥ (fol 5a, digital image 005), End: इति मंत्रदान प= द्धति:॥ ॥ (fol 14b, digital image 014tif), MTM 2: शिष्यशोधन, Sanskrit  with  Newari Instructions, Devanagari, c VS 1940, Start: अथ शिष्यशोधनं॥ (fol 15a, digital image 015), End: इति स्वल्पशोधनं॥ (fol 19a, digital image 019); MTM 3: गोपनशपथ मन्त्र (fol 19b, digital image 019), Sanskrit, Devanagari; sections highlighted, highlight faded, slight ink smudge, emEnd:ation by overwriting (digital image 016), Kuṭākṣara for formulae (digital image 018). Calendar: 1940 (Vikram Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 37 folios. Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, cloth-bound, wrapping, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side; 23cm x 13cm ( 2 folios); 16 X16.5cm (35 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.