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.
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