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MSS EUR HODGSON/95 Newar castes and Newar Buddhism (Persian and Urdu manuscripts
mostly translated from Nepali, Newari and Sanskrit) 1830s |
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Newar castes (jātamālā), customs and
manners, Buddhism: the tri-yānas (three
vehicles), āṃnāya; total folios:
103. |
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1[vol.95 fol(s)2-3] Rough notes on various subjects including locations, place
names, revenue and prices. Machine-made paper, very rough hand. |
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Farsi |
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As described in the title. |
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2[vol.95 fol(s)5-74] Newarjātamalā (account of castes of the
Newars) Nepali hand-made paper, very neat and fair hands
mixed. |
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Farsi |
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ff. 5-69: Account of 28 castes of the Newars including classification
starting with Brahmin and ending with a caste called Phogin (traditionally involved in ritualised
begging and placed at the bottom of the caste hierarchy), customs and
manners, some historical events with date for example Prithvi Narayan Shah's conquest
of the Valley in the year 888 NE (1768 CE). The Phogin are today
referred to as Dyahla or Pwah. |
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ff. 70-74b: Additional list of castes of Newars with some rough notes
on customs and manners. |
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English and Nepali title description (ff. 69b, 74b), includes a brief
introduction (colophon) on the study itself mentioning the fact that it
was commissioned by Brian Hodgson who has been given all kinds of highly
flattering titles, for example "lord of bounty and exalted
authority". |
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3[vol.95 fol(s)75-76b] An isolated leaf account of the origin of
Nepal and its rulers, a list of Sanskrit technical
words Nepali hand-made and Machine paper mixed, fair
hands. |
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Urdu Sanskrit |
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f. 75: A beginning folio from an account of Nepal mentioning the
origin of Pashupatinath on the bank of
the River Bagamati and the early rulers of
Nepal; |
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f. 76: Technical words include rasa, svāda, sura, atīta and yūga. |
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4[vol.95 fol(s)78-86] Account of the Triyānas
(three vehicles schools of Buddhism) 1842 Nepali hand-made paper, fair hands. |
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Farsi Sanskrit |
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Details of the description of the triyānas
including terms like pāpa, puṇya, trikāyaśudda,
daśakosalatyāga, bodhicittodpāda, sometimes quoting verses in the
original Sanskrit; English and Nepali title descriptions (Buddhism and
Buddhist deities). |
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5[vol.95 fol(s)87a and b] Selected Nepali terms relating to topography and
routes Machine-made paper, fair hand. |
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Urdu Nepali |
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Selected Nepali terms relating to topography or routes containing
words like kholā (stream or river), bhīr
(cliff or steep mountain slope), dānḍā (ridge),
lekh (higher elevation of the mountain region),
suru or suruāt (beginning). |
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6[vol.95 fol(s)88-93] Routes from Kathmandu to China and
accounts of various commodities traded between
Nepal, India and
China Nepali hand-made and machine-made paper mixed, fair and poor
hands. |
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Urdu |
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As mentioned in the title (routes from Kathmandu
to China and commodities traded between Nepal and China). |
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7[vol.95 fol(s)94-95] List of place names and distances between them Machine-made paper, fair hand. |
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Mixed |
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Names of 17 places from Basaulia to
Nuwakot with distances between them given in kos,
route totalling 426 kosas. |
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8[vol.95 fol(s)95-103] Description of Tri-āmnāyas and related
teachings Nepali hand-made paper, mixed hands some fair some
poor. |
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Hindi Urdu |
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As described in the title (Buddhism and Buddhist deities). |