Rāmakavaca

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE15534

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Mantraśāstra

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_003324

Manuscript No.

RE15534ff

Title Alternate Script

रामकवच

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Bad and edges broken

Folios in Text

3

Folio Range of Text

117b - 119a

Lines per Side

6 - 7

Folios in Bundle

129

Width

3 cm

Length

26.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE15534

Previous Place

Thirukadaiyur

Miscellaneous Notes

This stotra which protects the devotee as an armour is said to have been composed by sage viśvāmitra. This is almost similar to GOML.D. 7023

Manuscript Beginning

asya śrīrāmakavacastotramahāmantrasya viśvāmitra ṛṣ.iḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ śrīrāmacandro devatā। indīvaraśyāmalamāyatākṣaṃ dhanurdharan-nīlajaṭāvacuḍam। pārśvadvaye lakṣmaṇamaithilībhyāṃ niṣevyamāṇaṃ praṇato'smi rāmam। dhyātvā nīlotpalaśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam। jānakīlakṣmanopetaṃ jaṭāmakuṭamaṇḍitam। sāsitūṇīdhanurbāṇapāniṃ naktañcarāntakam। svalīlayā jagattrātumāvirbhūtamajaṃ vibhum।

Manuscript Ending

avyāhatājñaḥ sarvatra labhate jayamaṅgalam। ādiṣṭavān yathā svapne rāmarakṣāmimāṃ hariḥ॥ tathā likhitavat pūtaḥ prabudho budhakauśikaḥ। coragaṇeśāya namaḥ॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

286.32

Key

manuscripts_003324

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License

Cite as

Rāmakavaca, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on April, 19th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/380473