A 1113-15(3) Devīkavaca

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1113/15
Title: Devīkavaca
Dimensions: 23.1 x 12 cm x 56 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/360
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1113-15

MTM Inventory No. 96420

Title Devīkavaca

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State complete

Size 23.2 x 12.3 cm

Folios 5

Lines per Folio 9–10

Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation || du. pā. || and in the right-hand margin under the word || rāma || of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/360c

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ asya śrīdevīkavacasya pitāmaha ṛṣir anuṣtup chaṃdo mahākālīdevatā aiṃ bījaṃ hrīṃ śaktiḥ śrīṃ kīlakaṃ mahā(6)kālīprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||

raktacāmuṇdādhyānam

"sṛṣṭau saṃsthāpanāya tv apaharaṇavidhau (7) mohane rūggrahe pi

sarveṣām argalānāṃ nijamahimavaśād akrameṇaiva jālam ||

nityaṃ krīḍāpra(8)saktā racayati sakalaṃ svātmataṃtraprapaṃcaṃ

sā nas trāṇāya bhūyād abhimataphaladā bhadrakālī (9) ca kālī ||

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||     ||

yad guhyaṃ paramaṃ loke sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām ||

yan na kasyaci(4v1)d ākhyātaṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha || 1 || (fol. 4r5–4v1)

End

japet saptaśatīṃ caṃḍīṃ kṛtvā kavaca(9)m agrataḥ |

nirvighnena bhavet siddhiñ (!) caṃḍījapasamudbhavā || 63 ||

yāvad bhūmaṃḍalaṃ dhatte saśailavanakānanaṃ (8r1) ||

tāvat tiṣṭhati medinyāṃ saṃtatiḥ putrapautrakī (!) || 64 ||

dehāṃte paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat surair api durlabham (2) ||

prāpnoti puruṣo nityaṃ mahāmāyāprasādataḥ || 65 || (fol. 7v8–8r2)

Colophon

iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe hariharabrahma(3)viracitaṃ devīkavacaṃ saṃpūrṇam || (fol. 8r2–3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1113/15c

Date of Filming 02-07-1986

Exposures 65

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks the text begins from the exp. 6–10

Catalogued by BK

Date 26-06-2006