मत्रदानपुस्तकं(!)

मत्रदानपुस्तकं(!), Sanskrit with Newari Instructions, Devanagari, Kuṭākṣara for formulae (digital image 005), Lacuna (fol 15b, digital image 015), मन्त्रदान: Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम: ॥ माता च दुहिता०।अथाधिवासन॥ (fol 3a, digital image 003), End: गुरुद = क्षिणा फको तयेके॥अबिशेष॥ ऊकारं॥ श्रीखण्डचन्दन॥ = वीरेश्वरी॥ सिन्ह॥ आसिर्वाद॥ त्वमसि॥ श्री सूर्य्य साखि थाये = आचंम्यं॥ अद्या दिवाक्य॥ पूर्ववत्॥ (fol 15a, digital image 015); emendations by pencil (digital image 003). Calendar: C 920 (Nepal Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 29 folios. Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) smeared with poor hand; 20cm x 8.5cm।. 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.