B 12-14(7) Devīkavaca

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 12/14
Title: Triśaktimāhātmya
Dimensions: 33 x 4.5 cm x 58 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/370
Remarks:

Reel No. B 12-14g

Title Devīkavaca

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State slightly damaged

Size 33.0 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole 1, left of the centre

Folios 57

Lines per Folio 5

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

Place of Deposite NAK

Accession No. 1-370

Manuscript Features

The text breaks off in the middle of the sentence on folio 48. On this folio only two and a half lines have been written, the rest of the space has been left blank. Many folios are broken at the right margin. Fol. 30 is missing.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

rudro vāra+maṅgala⟪māṅgala⟫māṅgalye sarvabhūtavaśaṅkarī |
kavacaṃ kīrttanād devi sarvvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
girimadhye tathārāṇye viṣame durggame tathā |
pretasaṃsthā tu cāmuṇḍā vārāhī ++ṣāsanī ||
aindrī gajasamārūḍhā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāsanī |
svetarūpaparādevā iśvarī(!) vṛṣavāhinī || (fol. 15v5-16r2)

End

sarvvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śatrūṇām aparājitaḥ |
sarvvatra prāpyate lakṣmī dā+++punāśanam ||
śrīkalyāṇam avāpnoti cirajīvī bhaven naraḥ |
maheśvarakṛtaṃ kavacaṃ devyāyā stavam uttamam || ❁ || (fol. 17r4-5)

Colophon

iti rudraproktaṃ devyāḥ kavacaṃ samāptam || ❁ ||(fol. 17r5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 12/14

Date of Filming 19-08-1970

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by AM

Date 06-09-2010