जलयाग

जलयाग, Sanskrit with Newari Instructions, Devanagari, Kuṭākṣara; Start: श्रीगुरूगणेशाय नम:॥अथ जलयाग:॥=कूपादिसर्वेषांमादौ पादस्थापनविधिलिख्ये (!) = ते॥ जलपात्र १ कलश १ सगुण २ दुखा पिखा या किगो पुथो ५ तये॥ विधिवत्कलशार्चनं कार येत्॥ (fol 3b, digital image 003), End: इति जलय=ज्ञ समपूर्णम्॥ शुभमस्तु सर्वदा( fol 89b, digital image 089), Colophon: सम्वत् १००० साल मिति श्रावण वदि सप्तमि रोज=शुक्रवार थ्वकुनु जुजूराम उपाध्यान चोयाजुलो=शुभ्म् (fol 89b, digital image 89); marginal additions (fol 4a-b, digital image 004), emendations by overwriting (fol 82b, digital image 001). Calendar: 1000 (Nepal Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 190 folios. Physical characteristics: Nepali handmade lokta paper, left-bound, thread, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on some folios; 14.5cm x 22cm. Author(s) of original material: जुजुराम. Scribe of original material: जुजुराम. Additional language information: Sanskrit (Language), Newari (Language of instructions). 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.