B 12-14(8) 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 12-14h

Title Devīkavaca

Remarks assigned to Devīmāhātmya

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

❖ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||

mārkkaṇḍeya uvāca ||

yad guhyaṃ<ref>^{hya is written as hṛ.}

</ref> paramaṃ loke sarvvarakṣāṃkaraṃ nṝṇām |

yan na kasya cid ākṣāntaṃ tan me brūhi pitāmahaḥ ||

brahmovāca ||

asti guhya++ vipra sarvvabhūtopakārakam |
devyās tu kavacam puṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmuneḥ(!) |
agninā dahyamānas tu śatrumadhyagatoraṇe |
viṣame durggame caiva bhayārttāḥ śa++ṅgatāḥ |
na teṣāñ jāyate kiñ cid aśubhaṃ raṇaśaṅkaṭe |
nāpadaṃ tatra paśyāmi śokaduḥkhabhayas tathā | (fol. 18r1-3)

End

tataḥ saptaśatīñ caṇḍīṅ kṛtvā kavacam āditaḥ ||
nirvvighn(e)na bhave++ḥ caṇḍījapasamuccayāt |
yāvad bhūmaṇḍalaṃ dhatte saśailavanakānanam |
tāvat tiṣṭhati medinyāṃ jayakartur iha saptatiḥ || (fol. 20v2-3)

Colophon

iti śrīmārkkaṇḍeyapurā⁅ṇe⁆ ++ varṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye devyā(!) kavacaṃ samāptam || (fol. 20v3-4)

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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