A 1172-2 Gāyatrīkavaca
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1172/2
Title: Gāyatrīkavaca
Dimensions: 21.9 x 9.1 cm x 4 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: VS 1705
Acc No.: NAK 4/3050
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1172/2
Inventory No. 94293
Title Gāyatrῑkavaca
Remarks
Author
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 21.9 x 9.1 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 4
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation gā. trī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Scribe Ghanaśyāma
Date of Copying VS 1705
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/3050
Manuscript Features
In the beginning of the MS there is hayagrīvastotra. The text is as follows:
prācī sandhyā kācidantar niśyayāḥ (!)
ajñādṛṣṭer añjitaḥ śrīr apūrvā ||
ktī vedān pātu me vājivaktrā
gīśākhya vāsudevasya mūrttiḥ || 1 ||
aṇatājñānasaṃdohadhvāṃtadhvaṃsanakarmaṭham ||
māmi turagagrīvaṃ hariṃ sārasvatapradam || 2 ||
okadvayam idaṃ prātar aṣṭāviṃśativārakaṃ ||
ayataḥ paṭhato nityaṃ kṛtsnā vidyā prasiddhyati || ||
iti śrīhayagrīvastotram śubham || || || || ||
On fol. 4v there is written: paṃ bhuvaneśvarabhaṭṭarāī.
Excerpts
«Beginning»
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||
śrīgāyatryai namaḥ ||
atha gāyatrīkavacaṃ || oṃ asya śrīgātrīkvacamahāmaṃtrasya brahmāviṣṇumaheśvara-ṛṣayaḥ ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvaṇaśchandāṃsi parabrahmasvarūpiṇī gāyatrīdevatā oṃ tadvījo bhargaś śaktir dhiyaḥ kīlakaṃ mama caturvargaphalaprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ || || (fol. 1v1–4)
«End»
itīdaṃ kavacaṃ guhyaṃ bādhāśatanivāraṇaṃ ||
catuḥṣaṣṭhikalāvidyāvilāśaiśvaryasiddhidaṃ || 17 ||
japāraṃbhe ca hṛdayaṃ japāṃte kavacaṃ paṭhet ||
hrāṃ ityādiṣaḍaṃgaṃ pūrvavat || gāyatrī brahmahān mitradrohādyakhilapātakaiḥ || 18 || mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati || devavan mānuṣo bhūtvā bhunakti bahulaṃ sukhaṃ || 19 || tasmān nityaṃ pathet stotraṃ muktikāmārthasiddhaye || || (fol. 4v2–6)
«Colophon»
iti gāyatrīkavacaṃ samāptam || śrī 1705 | ghanaśyāmena (fol. 4v6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1172/2
Date of Filming 12-01-1987
Exposures 7
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by RT
Date 22-02-2013
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