University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1981

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DS ID:

DS6793

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1981

Title:

Trailokyamohanarāmakavaca

Date:

1895.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Note:

Scribe's name is Rāma Śarmaṇ.
Poleman lists manuscript date incorrectly as Saṁvat 1962 rather than 1952.
Title Rāmakavaca from cover folio (which reads: rāmakacavaprāraṁbhaḥ), back folio (which reads: rāmakacavaṁ samāptaṁ), f. 1v, and top margins of verso folios; title Trailokyamohanarāmakavaca extrapolated from colophon.
Written 8-9 lines per leaf on folded sheets of European paper with blue horizontal lines. Watermark partially visible on f. 3.
Colophon, f. 5v: iti śrīvrahmayāmale umāmaheśvarasaṁvāde [f. 6r] śrīrāmasya trailokyamohanaṁ nāma kavacaṁ samāptaṁ saṁvat 1952 piṁgala nāma saṁvatsare bhādrapada śu aṣṭamyāṁ likhitaṁ sahasrabuddhe ity upāvhayena rāmaśarmaṇā likhitaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ ca śubhaṁ bhavatu śrīsītārāmaprasaṁno stu viśveśvarārpaṇam astu
Begins, f. 1v: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha rāmakavacaprāraṁbhaḥ om̐ asya śrīrāmaṣaḍakṣaramaṁtrasya braṁhmā ṛṣiḥ gāyatrī chaṁdaḥ śrīrāmaḥ paramātmā devatā rāṁ bījāya namaḥ śaktiḥ rāmāya kīlakaṁ caturvidhapuruṣārthasidhyarthe śrīrāmaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ iti saṁkalpaḥ
Ends, f. 5v: samyak jñātvā tu kavacaṁ maṁtraḥ syāc chighrasiddhidaḥ
Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow. Marginal corrections.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Rāma (Hindu deity)

Tantrism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934306953503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37h1dq1k/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania