Classical Newari Literature: A Sketch

18th century acarya Amarakośa Avadana ayurveda belong Bengali Bhaktapur Bhupatindra bilingual Buddhist caitya Calcutta Canakya Sara Samgraha Catalogue century A.D. classical Newari literature classical Newari poetry classical Newari prose classical Newari texts copied court dance dated A.D. dated NS Deva Dharma didactic earliest edited Editor elites epigraphy extant folios genre Hindu historical prose History of Nepal Hitopadeśa Hodgson Indian Indo-Aryan Indo-Aryan languages inscription interest Jagat Jaya Jørgensen Kantipur Katha Kathmandu kings Laxmi Licchavi Lienhard linguistic literary literate culture literature of rituals mainly Maithili medieval Nepal Narrative Prose Nataka National Archives Nepal Valley Nepala Bhasa Nepalese manuscripts Newar society Newari language Patan popular narrative Puja Vidhi pundit Purana Ranjana script recension religious Royal Asiatic Society Samgraha NS Sanskrit language Sastra scholars scribes script Siddhi social songs stage stories Swasthani Swayambhu tantra tantric technical prose Tibet Tibetan Tibeto-Burman traditions translation Vajracarya Vali Vidhi Vamsavali variety vernacular Vidhi NS Vrata written Yajna