A 1113-14(1) Devīkavaca
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1113/14
Title: Devīkavaca
Dimensions: 30.5 x 13.9 cm x 31 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/225
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1113-14
MTM Inventory No. 93111
Title Devīkavaca
Remarks assigned to Varāhapurāṇa
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Nepali paper
State complete
Size 30.5 x 13.9 cm
Folios 3
Lines per Folio 11
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin under the letter || ka || of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 6/225a
Manuscript Features
This MS contains the following texts:
- A 1113-14(1) Devīkavaca (3 folios)
- A 1113-14(2) Argalāstotra (2 folios)
- A 1113-14(3) Bhagavatīkīlaka (1 folio)
- A 1113-14(4) Durgāsaptaśatī (25 folios)
- A 1113-14(5) Indrākṣīstotra (1folio)
- A 1113-14(6) (Devīstutiprakīrṇapadya) (1 folio)
- A 1113-14(7) (Durgāsaptaśatīpāṭhavidhi) (1 folio)
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai || ||
oṃ mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
yad guhyaṃ paramaṃ loke sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām ||
yan na kasyacid ākhyā(2)taṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha || 1 ||
brahmovāca ||
asti guhyatamaṃ vipraṃ (!) sarvabhūtopakārakam ||
devyās tu kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ tac chṛ(3)ṇuṣva mahāmune || 2 || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
paṭhet saptaśati (!) caṇḍi. (!) kṛtvā tu kavaca (!) purā ||
nirvighnena bhvet siddhiś caṇḍīja(3)pasamudbhavā || 54 ||
yāvad bhūmaṇḍalaṃ dhatte. saśailavanakānanaṃ ||
tāvat tiṣṭhati medinyāṃ santatiḥ putrapautrakī || (4) || 55 ||
dehānte paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat surair api dullabham (!) ||
prāpnoti puruṣo nityaṃ, mahāmāyāprasādataḥ || 56 ||
(5) manasā cintitaṃ kāryya, (!) tat sarva (!) saphalaṃ bhavet. ||
labhate paramaṃ rūpaṃ śivena samatā (!) vrajet || 57 || (fol. 3v2–5)
Colophon
iti śrīvarāhapu(6)rāṇe hariharabrahmāviracitaṃ devyāḥ kavacaṃ samāptam || || || (fol. 3v5–6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1113/14a
Date of Filming 02-07-1986
Exposures 6
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by AD/BK
Date 23-06-2006
