Sylvain Levi

On a Tantrik Fragment from Kucha (Central Asia)

By Sylvain Levi

The manuscript fragment from Kucha (Central Asia), discovered in 1916 and cataloged as M. 777–1, 2, 3, contains a mix of Sanskrit and Kuchean language, the latter a nearly extinct Indo-European…

More on Manimekhala

By Sylvain Levi

This article brings together additional evidence on the sea goddess Maṇimekhalā from Indian and Southeast Asian sources. Sylvain Lévi had earlier argued that the Buddhist goddess Mañimekhalā, who…

On Manimekhala "the guardian deity of the sea” (a Cambodian document)

By Sylvain Levi

Manimekhalā, a Divinity of the Sea

By Sylvain Levi

Manimekhala, a divinity of the sea, appears in two Pali Jataka stories, notably the Samkha Jataka (No. 442), where she intervenes to aid the virtuous Brahmin Samkha during his perilous voyage. The…