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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