महापात्रपूजा, चरूपूजा, न्यासफलं

MTM, MTM 1: महापात्रपूजा, Sanskrit, Devanagari, Kuṭākṣara, Start: मालिनीदंदकं संपूर्णम॥॥मूलादिब्रह्म=रन्ध्रानं नि:श्वासोच्छवासेन धाप्त्वा॥आ=वाहन॥ (fol 2b, digital image 002); End: इति महापात्रपू=जाविधि: ॥ (fol 13a, digital image 013); MtM 2: चरूपूजा, Sanskrit, Devanagari; Start: ततस्त्रिचरूपूजनं॥ (fol 13a, digital image 013); End: आवाहनादि धेनुमुद्रां =॥ (fol 14b, digital image 014); MTM 3: न्यासफलं: न्यासफलं॥ प्रणवाध्यंत योगेन शु्क्लवर्णं सम=शुधेत। भृगुभैरवबीजं च तपस्याधोह्यंबिकां=कुरू॥ (fol 15a, digital image 015); End: ग्रठिन्यासफल: (fol 15b, digital image 015); ink smudged and faded ( digital image 004), emendations by deletions by strikethrough (fol 8, digital image 008), crowfeet additions (fol 13, digital image 013). Calendar: 1970 (Vikram Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 32 folios. Physical characteristics: Nepali handmade lokta paper, left-bound, thread; oil stains;13cm x 23cm. 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.