MTM, MTM 1: षटकर्म शलोक (fol 1, digital image 001), Sanskrit, Devanagari; MTM 2: दमनारोहण, (fols 11-19, then from fols 2-9), Sanskrit, Pracalit, इदं दमनारोहणपुस्तकं (fol 11, digital image 011), Start: श्री कामदेवाय नम:॥ श्री गुरुवेनम:॥ ॥ अ = थ दमनारोह(ण)विधिर्ल्लिख्यते॥ (fol 12a, digital image 012), End: इति दमनारोहनविधि:॥ (fol 9b, digital image 009), Colophon: भुवनार्द्धेवसुग्रहे मधुपक्ष वुद्यान्वितं॥ लिख = द्वाणैश्वरानन्द दमनार्पणपद्धतिं॥ शुभम्॥ (fol 9b, digital image 009); MTM 2: list of items required for दमनारोहण, Newari, Devanagari (fol 10b, digital image 010), layout of Yantras (fol 10a, digital image 010); Kuṭākṣara for formulae ( digital image 001), later crowfeet additions with pencil (later hand) (digital image 012), emendations by overwriting (digital image 006).
Calendar: 947 (Nepal Samvat).
Extent and format of original material: 36 folios.
Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side, slight insect damage on margins, repair seen (digital image 004); 16cm x 16.5cm.
Author(s) of original material: वाणेश्वरानन्द.
Scribe of original material: वाणेश्वरानन्द.
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 is not aware of the existence of such script outside, except disseminated from Nepal to east Asia, China and Japan.
