MS. Sansk. e. 48

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakavaca, 19th cent.?

The Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakavaca (stotra), proclaimed by Prahlāda, in thirty-one ślokas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ oṃ asya śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhakavacastotrasya Vyāsa ṛpe namaḥ śiraśi ǁ anuṣṭupchaṃdase namaḥ mukhe ǁ sarvavyāpī Nṛsiṃho devajāyai namaḥ staṃbhavāya ǁ

Explicit: kim aṃtra vahunoktena Nṛsiṃhaśadṛśo bhavet ǁ 31 ǁ manasā ciṃtayed yas tu tat tat prāpnoti niścitaṃ ǁ iti paramarahasyaṃ sāram etat kavacavaraṃ paṭhatīhastu bhaktyā ǁ sa bhavati dhanadhānyaputrayuktas tanuvigame samupaiti Nārasiṃhaṃ ǁ iti śrīprahlādaproktaṃ śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhakavacaṃ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 4 + xxv

Dimensions (binding): 21.0 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably the middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 44).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1479, p. 274

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. 1479, p. 274

Funding of Cataloguing

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