Kārtavīryārjunakavaca, 1572.

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Kārtavīryārjuna (Hindu deity).

Tantrism.

Local Subjects:

Kārtavīryārjuna (Hindu deity).

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 747

Other Title:

Uḍḍāmaratantra.

Place of Publication:

1572.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

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.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4421 (UP 747).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 747

OCLC:

387923046