Śivakavaca
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20079
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004901
Manuscript No.
RE20079a
Title Alternate Script
शिवकवच
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
8
Folio Range of Text
[1a-8a]
Lines per Side
5 - 6
Folios in Bundle
45
Width
3 cm
Length
41.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE20079
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
Similar to Cat. no. 34.1. This is substantially the same text as that of the printed edition, BR.I (1963), no. 121 but it lacks a few passages at the beginning and at the end. Fols. [29a-30b] contain some passages on the sign IFP cance of the vimāna, various gods and their śakti-s occupying it and some rituals pertaining to the installation of the vimāna and āgamavacana-s on bālasthāpana; fol. [31a], fragments of utsavavacana; fols. [32a-34b], maṇḍapālaṃkaraṇa, ācāryalakṣaṇa, subrahmaṇyamaṇḍapa-pūjana, viṣṇumaṇḍapapūjana and vimānasthāpanavidhi; fol.[36b], a fragment of aṣṭavidyeśvaradhyāna; fol. [37a], two lines on saptatāṇḍava; fols. [44a-45b] contain fragments of vighneśvarapūjā, puṇyāhavācana and śivakavaca
Manuscript Beginning
.........peṇa nṛṇāṃ karotu sañjīvanaṃ so'vatu māṃ jalebhyaḥ। kalpāvāsā.....ṇiyo nṛtyatu bhūrilīlaḥ sa kālarudro'vatu māṃ davāgnir vātyāti......ḍi[dī?]ptavidyut। kanakāvabhāso vidyāvarābhītikutḥārapāṇiḥ।
Manuscript Ending
sarvadāridryaśamanaṃ sarvamaṅgalavardhanam। āyur ārogyam aiśvaryam apamṛtyubhayāpaham। jayāvahaṃ jape[n] n[ityam] akṣayyaṃ pa.....bham। dhārayasva mayā dattaṃ śaivaṃ kavacam uttamam। tvam api śraddhayā vatsa sadyaḥ.........psyasi। śubham astu। śrīgurubhyo namaḥ।
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
410.1
Key
manuscripts_004901
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License
Cite as
Śivakavaca,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 6th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/382050
