A 961-50 Vetālakavaca

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 961/50
Title: Vetālakavaca
Dimensions: 16 x 7 cm x 4 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/1388
Remarks:

Reel No. A 961/50

Inventory No. 105848

Title Śrīvetālakavaca

Remarks according to the colophon, extracted from śrīugracaṇḍeśvarītaṃtra

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 16.0 x 7.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 4

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures on the verso, in the left hand margin under the abbreviation ve ka and in the right hand margin under the word rāma

Scribe

Date of Copying VS 1938

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/1388

Manuscript Features

A large number of the text is erroneous.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

mohiny uvāca || ||

oṁ asya śrīvetālakavacasyāsya śrīvīravetāla ṛṣir anuṣṭup chaṃda bhutanātho devatā ḍākini(!) śākiṇi(!) śaktīḥ(!) sarvārthamaṃtrasiddhaye vinī(!)yogaḥ || ||

sādhanā vīrakavacaṃ na jānāmi maheśvarī ||

kathaṃ maṃtravidhiṃ kṛtvā īśvara tvāṁ mayā prabhu || 1 ||

śrī ānanda devo(!) vāca || ||

kavacaṃ śṛṇu pārvvatyā māhā ākāsarupiniḥ(!) ||

vi(!)radhvajavāmahaste dāhinā pātrahastake || 2 ||

tataḥ devā(!) bhojaya nityaṃ surāmāṃsaratapriye ||

mahākālasvarūpā caḥ(!) kālarūpā gudhāṃ matā || 3 ||

anena kavacaṃ śṛtvaṃ(!) yaḥ paṭḥet sādhakottamaḥ ||

oṁ ▒ pātu mastakānāṃ parabraṃha(!)prakāśakāṃ || 4 || (fol. 1v1–2r5)

End

kālakukuṭavirasya tadā sarvvabhayaṃkaraḥ ||

bhūrjapatre liṣye(!) bhaktidāhinā bāhumastake || 17 ||

sarvasās(!)trakavīrāṇāṃ jihvāgre vira āgate ||

vīraprā(!) karmmasāmarthaṃ(!) niścaya(!) dīyate sudhī(!) || 18 ||(fol. 4r4–4v1)

Colophon

iti śrī ugracaṇḍes(!)varitaṃtre mohinisvarasamvāde śrīvetālakavacaṃ samāptam || || gāyatrī || oṁ huṁ phaṭ mahāvīravetālāya vidmahe bhairava(!)pāsanāya dhi(!)mahi tan no vi(!)ra pracodayāt || || mūlaṃtra(!) || huṁ huṁ phaṭ || || samvat 1938 sāla mitī māghasu(!)dī 12 roja 2 taddīne liṣitam śubham || || (fol. 4r1–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 961/50

Date of Filming 12-11-1984

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by AP

Date 27-06-2012

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