A 978-1(1) Māt(ṛ)kavaca

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 978/1
Title: Māt[ṛ]kavaca
Dimensions: 33.6 x 11 cm x 6 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1538
Remarks:

Reel No. A 978-1 MTM Inventory No.: 38045

Title Mātṛkavaca

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Nepali paper, Loose

State complete

Size 33.6 x 11.0 cm

Folios 6

Lines per Folio 13

Foliation figures in the lower right-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1538

Manuscript Features

The text is on fol. 1r.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namo devyai ||

śrīdevy uvāca ||

bhagavan sarvvadharmmajñaḥ kacacaṃ yat prakāśitaṃ |

trailokamaṃgalannāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho ||

śrībhairava uvāca ||

śṛṇu vakṣyāmi deveśi kavacaṃ paramādbhutaṃ |

atiśuddhataraṃ tattvaṃ brahmamandroghavigrahaṃ (!) | (fol. 1r, 1–2)

End

ihāmutra phalaṃ nāsti mṛte ca narakaṃ vrajet ||

anekajanmabhāgyena viṣṇubhaktiḥ prajāyate ||

tatrāsya bhāgyena gaurībhakti sudurlabhā || (fol. 1r, 12–13)

Colophon

iti brahmaviṣṇuśivasamvāde vījatantre mātākavacaṃ samāptaṃ || || (fol. 1r, 13)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 978/1a

Date of Filming 23-01-1985

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by RT

Date 13-12-2004

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