| MSS EUR HODGSON/30 Newar castes or Jātisaṃgraha 1888 | |||||||||||
| Mainly Newar caste system, prayer of the Pañca Buddha, Buddhist account of the origin of Kathmandu Valley. | |||||||||||
| 1[vol.30 fol(s)1-3a] Pañca-Buddhastuti (praise of Pañca Buddha or Five Celestial Buddhas) 1831 Nepali haritāl pasted hand-made paper, in pothi book form. | |||||||||||
| Sanskrit | |||||||||||
| The Pañca-Buddhastuti in sragdharā metre. | |||||||||||
| 2[vol.30 fol(s)3b-22b] Buddhist account of the origin of the Kathmandu Valley and its people 1831 Nepali haritāl pasted hand-made paper, in pothi book form. | |||||||||||
| Sanskrit | |||||||||||
| Buddhist account of the Valley of Nepal according to Svayaṃbhūpurāṇa, origin of the caste system (ff 14-22b). For Hodgson's English summary, see [vol 18/05 fol.27-39] and for a copy of the original text in Sanskrit, see [vol 27/03 fol.21-34][vol 96/18 fol.146-153][vol 18/10 fol.158-175][vol 20/02 fol.62-102][vol 21/04 fol.14-18] . | |||||||||||
| 3[vol.30 fol(s)23a-27a] Castes of the Hindu and Buddhist people of Lalitpur (Patan) 1831 Nepali haritāl pasted hand-made paper, in pothi book form. | |||||||||||
| Sanskrit | |||||||||||
| Castes (Hindu and Buddhist) representing four varṇas and different professions. | |||||||||||
| 4[vol.30 fol(s)27b-29b] List of Newari and Sanskrit names of Newar castes 1831 Nepali haritāl pasted hand-made paper, in pothi book form. | |||||||||||
| Sanskrit Newari | |||||||||||
| Comparative list of 56 Newar castes. | |||||||||||