B 540-39 Bālākavaca in Bhairavatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 540/39
Title: Bālātripurākavaca
Dimensions: 32 x 12 cm x 3 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/251
Remarks:

Reel No. B 540/39

Inventory No. 6197

Title Bālākavaca

Remarks according to the colophon, ascribed to Bhairavatantra

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 32.0 x 12.0 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 3

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in the lower right hand margin on the verso under the abbeviation rāma

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/251

Manuscript Features

On the front cover-leaf is written:

śaktibījādikā devī pātu nityaṃ ramākṣarī
brahmāṇī pātu me pūrve vaiṣṇavī bahnikoṇake

māheśvarī tathā yāmye indrāṇī naiṛte tathā
paścime pātu niyataṃ nārasiṃhī bhayaṃkarī

mārute pātu vārā‥ kaubere śivadūtikā
aiśānyā bhairavī devī pātu trailokyavanditā

urdhve pātu mahādevī mahiṣamarddinī
iti te kathitaṃ devī kavacaṃ devadurllabhaṃ

yaḥ paṭhet sādhakaḥ śreṣṭo rūpavān vijayī naraḥ
datvā puṣpāṃjaliṃ devyai yaḥ paṭhet kavacaṃ paraṃ

…

abhaktebhyo svaśiṣyebhoḥ datvā mṛtyum avāpnuyāt

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

śrībālātripurasundaryyai namaḥ ||

śrīdevy uvāca |

bālāpūjāyutā nātha vidyāñ ca sakalās tava ||
sāṃprataṃ śrotum icchāmi kavacaṃ maṃtravigrahaṃ || 1 ||

trailokyamohanaṃ nāma sarvāpadvinivāraṇaṃ ||
puraiva sūcitaṃ nātha kṛpayā me prakāśaya || 2 ||    ||

śrībhairava uvāca ||    ||

devadānavavdyādhṛk pūjite prāṇavallabhe ||
trailokyamohanaṃ nāma ka[[va]]caṃ śrūyatāṃ paraṃ || 3 ||

sarvavidyāmayaṃ devi tava maṃtramayam dhruvaṃ ||
sarvarakṣākaraṃ sarvasiddhividyāpradāyakaṃ || 4 || (fol. 1v1–6)

End

paṃcavarṣasahasrāṇaṃ pūjāphalam avāpnuyāt ||
bhūrje vilikya guṭikāṃ svarṇasthāṃ dhārayed yadi || 22 ||

puruṣo dakṣiṇe bāhau yoṣiddhāmabhuje tathā ||
tadgātraṃ prāpya śastrāṇi brahmāstrādīni bharavi || 23 ||

mālyāni kusumāny eva bhavaṃti sukhadāni ca ||
tasya g⟨e⟩ṛ sthirā lakṣmī bāṇīvaktre vased dhruvaṃ || 24 ||    || (fol. 3r4–3v1)

Colophon

iti śrībhaiavataṃtre śrībālākavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||    || śubham ||    || śrīrāmaḥ ||    || rāmaḥ ||    || rāmaḥ ||    || rāmaḥ ||    || rāmaḥ ||    || (fol. 3v2–3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 540/39

Date of Filming 12-11-1973

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by AP

Date 01-02-2011