A 958-13 Kārtavīryārjunakavacamālāmantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 958/13
Title: Kārtavīryārjunakavacamālāmantra
Dimensions: 26 x 13 cm x 8 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: VS 1906
Acc No.: NAK 6/1048
Remarks:

Reel No. A 958/13

Inventory No. 25555

Title Kārtavīryārjunakavacamālāmaṃtra

Remarks according to the colophon, extracted from uḍḍāmareśvarataṃtra

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 26.0 x 13.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 8

Lines per Folio 11

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left hand margin under the abbreviation kārta and in the lower right hand margin under the word rāmaḥ

Scribe

Date of Copying VS 1906, ŚS 1721

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/1048

Manuscript Features

On the front cover-leaf is written: kārttavīryārjunakavacam

Excerpts

Beginning

svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

pārvaty uvāca ||

devādhideva sarvajña sarvalokahite ratā ||

kena rakṣā bhaven nṛṇāṃ bhītānāṃ vividhā yadi || 1 ||

rājacaurādipīḍāsu śāstrāgniviṣapātane

mārīduḥsvapnapīḍāsu graharogibhayeṣu ca || 2 ||

jvarāpasmārapīḍāsu siṃhavyāgranipātane ||

rākṣasāsuravetālapiśācapretapātane || 3 || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

caturaś cakramaṃtrārṇān uccared vijapūrvakān ||

śarīre nyāsam evaṃ hi yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ || 157 ||

sa yathokte labhetādyaḥ phalaṃ vajratanur bhavet ||

yathātathedaṃ kavacaṃ kalpacihnaṃ prakāśayet || 158 ||

gopanīyaṃ prayatnena śivasya vacanaṃ yathā ||

subhaktāya suśiṣyāya dadyāt sarvasvadāyine || 159 ||

sādhakānāṃ hitārthā[ ya ]yaduktaṃ caṃdramaulinā ||

kārtavīryasya kavacaṃ taduktaṃ va mayā tava || 160 ||

yena saṃrakṣito devī kālenāpi na jīryyate ||

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kavacaṃ dhārayet sudhī || 161 || || (fol. 8v1–6)

Colophon

iti śrī uḍḍāmareśvarataṃtre umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkārtavīryārjnakavacamālāmaṃtraḥ saṃpūrṇam || || śrīśāke 1721 saṃvat 1906 sāla āśvinakṛṣṇa 10 induśeṣaraśarmaṇe śubhaṃ (fol. 8v6–7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 958/13

Date of Filming 22-10-1984

Exposures 11

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by AP

Date 05-06-2012

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