C 6-18(2) Devīkavaca (1)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: C 6/18
Title: Rudramāhātmya
Dimensions: 30.5 x 5 cm x 8 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: Kesar 83
Remarks:

Reel No. C 6-18

Title Devīkavaca

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, damaged

Size 30.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole 1, left of the centre

Folios 8

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation letters in the left and figures in the right margin of the verso

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit Kaisar Library

Accession No. 83

Manuscript Features

The manuscript is incomplete - the end of the last text is missing. It contains 5 Stotras:

• Sṛṣṭistuti
• "Brahmaprokta" Devīkavaca
• Mahiṣāsuravadha
• "Viṣṇuprokta" Devīkavaca
• some Devīstotra

Excerpts

Beginning

brahmovāca ||

agninā dahyamānas tu śatrumadhyagato raṇe |
viṣame durggame vāpi bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ||
na teṣāṃ jāyate kiñ cit sarvatra vijayo bhavet |
pretasaṃsthā tu cāmuṇḍā vārāhī mahiṣāsanā ||
aindrī gajasamārūḍhā komārī(!) śikhivāhinī |
brāhmāṇī [[haṃ]]sam ārūḍhā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāśanā ||
śvetarūpa[[dha]]rā devī īśvarī vṛṣavāhinī |
ity etā mātar⟪ā⟫aḥ sarvvāḥ sarvaratnasamanvitāḥ || (fol. 2v1-3)

End

brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ yas tu kavacaṃ vajrasannibhaṃ |
trisandhyaṃ kīrttayed yas tu prāpnoti paramāṃ gatiṃ ||
dehānte paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat surair api durlabhaṃ ||
śiro ratu(!) brahmāṇī mukhaṃ māheśvarī tathā |
kaṇṭhaṃ rakṣatu kaumārī vaiṣṇavī ca bhujadvayaṃ ||
vārāhī hṛdayaṃ caiva indrāṇī kaṭim āśritā |
cāmuṇḍā pādukāṃ rakṣet savā(ṅge)ṣu(!) ca caṇḍikā || ○ || (fol. 3v1-3)

Colophon

iti brahmaproktaṃ devyāḥ kavacaṃ samāptaṃ || ❁ || (fol. 3v3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. C 6/18b

Date of Filming 16-11-1975

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by AM

Date 12-12-2012