MS. Sansk. d. 60

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Devīkavaca, Argalāstuti, and Kīlaka, 18th or 19th cent.?

Three short Tantric prayers

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-6]

The Devīkavaca or Devyāḥ kavaca, in fifty-six ślokas

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ oṃ namaś Caṃḍikāyai ǁ Mārkkaṃḍeya uvāca ǁ yad guhyaṃ paramaṃ loke ǁ sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇāṃ ǁ yan na kasyacid ākhyātaṃ tan me vrūhi pitāmaha ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: iti śrīhariharavrahmāviracite Devyā kavacaṃ samāptaṃǁ

2. [fols. 6-7v]

The Argalāstuti, in twenty-five ślokas

Incipit: oṃ namaś Caṃḍikāyai ǁ jayaṃtī maṃgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī ǁ &c.

3. [fols. 7v-8v]

The Kīlaka, in fourteen ślokas

Incipit: viśuddhajñānadehāya trivedidivyacakṣuṣe | &c.

Explicit: sā na kiṃjanaiḥ ǁ 14 ǁ iti śrīkīlaka saṃpūrṇaṃ ǁ śubhaṃ bhūyāt ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 8 + xv

Dimensions (binding): 30.5 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th or 19th cent.?

probably beginning of the 19th century, possibly end of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 37).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1474 (1–3), p. 272

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1474 (1–3), p. 272

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries