University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 747

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DS ID:

DS7025

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 747

Title:

Kārtavīryārjunakavaca

Tantras

Date:

1572.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 9 x 27 cm

Note:

Kārtavīryārjunakavaca from the Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra. Title from colophon.
Cataloged by Poleman as Kārtavīryārjunakavaca in the Uḍḍāmaratantra.
Written six lines per leaf.
Fair condition. Paper fraying on edges and slightly faded. Double dandas, verse numbers, some invocations, and some marginal abbreviations written in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal additions and corrections.
Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. śrīkārttavīryyārjjunāya namaḥ. śrīkārttavīryyārjunāya namaḥ. śrīpārvatyuvāca. devādideva sarvajanasarvalokahite rata kena rakṣā bhavennṛnāṃ bhītānāṃ vividhāpadi (verse 1). rājacorādipīḍāsu śastrāṁgniviṣapātane mārīduḥsvapnapīḍāsu graharogabhayeṣu ca (verse 2).
Ends (f. 12v): subhaktāya suśiṣyāya dadyāt sarvasvadāyine sādhakānāṁ hitārthāya yad uktaṁ candramaulinā (verse 156). Kārttavīryasya kavacaṁ yad uktaṁ vai mayā tava yena saṁrakṣito devi kālenāpi nāpi jīryyate (verse 157).
Colophon (f. 12v): iti śrī uḍḍāmareśvaratantre kārttavīryyārjjunakavacaṁ samāptam śubham astu. saṁvat 1629 samaye caitramudiṣaurnamāsyāṁ.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Tantrism

Kārtavīryārjuna (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9947742213503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p34f1mm70/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania