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MS. Sansk. g. 1

MSS. Sansk. g.

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Devīkavaca, Argalāstuti, Kīlaka, and Devīmāhātmya, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

The Devīkavaca.

Explicit: iti śrīdevīkavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptam iti bhadraṃ ǁ
Class: mula

The Argalāstotra.

Incipit: oṃ namaś Caṃḍikāyai ǁ oṃ jayaṃtī maṃgalā kālī bhadrā kālī kapālinī | &c.
Explicit: iti śrīviṣṇunā viracitam Argalāstotraṃ samāptaṃ miti bhadraṃ ǁ śubhaṃ ǁ

The Kīlastotra.

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ | Śivāya oṃ viśuddhajñānadehāya trivedīdivyacakṣuṣe | &c.
Explicit: iti śrīmahādevakṛtaṃ Kīlastotraṃ sapūṇaṃ samāptam iti bhadraṃ ǁ śubhaṃ ǁ

The Devīmāhātmya (or Saptaśatī), from the Mārkandeya Purāṇa.

Incipit: asya śrīsaptaśatīprathamacaritasya vahmā (reading doubtful) ṛṣiḥ mahākālī devatā gāyatrī chaṃdaḥ anaṃtajā śaktiḥ raktadaṃtikā vījam | agnis tattvaṃ śrīmahakālīprityarthaṃ prathamacaritra ṛgvedapāṭhe viniyogaḥ oṃśrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca ǁ oṃ sāvarṇīḥ sūryatanayo yo Manuḥ kathyate ’ṣṭamaḥ | &c.

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: thin paper, pasted on canvas.
Extent: 10 ft. 8¼ in. x 1⅜

Condition

The roll is damaged, not only at the beginning and at the end, but also at the end of the third, at the beginning of the fifth, and in the middle of the tenth adhyāya of the Devīmāhātmya. Most of the pictures are discoloured or damaged.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, miniature writing.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably about 1850.

Provenance and Acquisition

Brought. in.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1473 (1–4), pp. 271-272

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. 1473 (1–4), pp. 271-272

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