A 1174-36 Saṃsāramohanakavaca
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1174/36
Title: Saṃsāramohananāmakavaca
Dimensions: 16.9 x 9.5 cm x 7 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/2434
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1174-36
Title Saṃsāramohanakavaca
Remarks The manuscript contains only one text, though in the Preliminary Title List two titles where given. That is because on the cover page of the manuscript the name Vidyādāyakagaṇeśakavaca appears, in the colophon Saṃsāramohanakavaca.
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 16.5 x 9.5 cm
Binding Hole -
Folios 6
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation Figures in the right margin (crossed out) under the syllable ga° and figures in the left and right margins of the verso by a second hand.
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-2434
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇaśāya(!) namaḥ ||
nārada uvāca ||
śrutaṃ stotraṃ gaṇeśasya pūjanañ ca manoharam ||
kavacaṃ śrotum icchāmi sāmprataṃ bhavatāraṇam || 1 ||
nārāyaṇa uvāca ||
pūjāyāṃ sunivṛttāyāṃ sabhāmadhye śanaiścaraḥ ||
uvāca viṣṇuṃ sarveṣāṃ tārakaṃ jagatām gurum || 2 ||
śanaiścara uvāca ||
sarvadukhaḥ(!)vināśāya duḥkhapraśamanāya ca ||
kavacaṃ vighnanighnasya vada vedavidāṃ vara || 3 || (fol. 1v1-2r1)
End
gurum abhyarcya vidhinā kavacaṃ dhārayet tu yaḥ ||
kaṣṭenādakṣiṇenāhau so 'pi viṣṇur na saṃśayaḥ || 33 ||
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca ||
grahendukavacasyāsya kalāṃ nārhantī(!) ṣoḍaśīm || 34 ||
idaṃ kavacam ajñā(tāṃ) yo bhajec chaṅkarātmajam ||
śatalakṣaprajapto 'pi na mantraḥ sīddhi(!)dāyakaḥ || 34 || (fol. 5v5-6r5)
Colophon
iti śrībrahmavaivarte saṃsāramohanaṃ nāma kavacam samāpyate iti || cha || cha || || cha || || cha || cha || (fol. 6r5-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/36
Date of Filming 21-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Remarks Probably the same manuscript is filmed on A 474/35.
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-02-2014
