Gāyatrīkavaca, [18--]

Form
manuscripts (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1800
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Pāñcarātra (Sect)
Tantrism
Hindu mantras
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm
Notes
Gāyatrīkavaca from the Agastasaṁhitā [Agastyasaṁhitā]. Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written 7 lines per leaf.
Good condition. Double dandas filled in with red. Mistakes covered over with white. Marginal corrections.
Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. om̐ asya śrīgāyatrīkavacasya vra[hma]viṣṇurudrā ṛṣayaḥ ṛgyajuḥsāmāni chandāṁsi vrahmaviṣṇurudrasva[r]ūpiṇī[gāyatrī] devatā prasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ. om̐ tatsavitur vrahmātmane aṅguṣṭābhyāṁ namaḥ. om̐ vareṇyaṁ viśvātmane tarjjanībhyāṁ namaḥ.
Ends (f. 3r): strīgo[m]itradrohavrahmavadhādyakhilapāt[a?]kaiḥ mucyate sarvapāpaiśca paravrahmādhigachati (verse 15).
Colophon (f. 3v): iti agastasaṁhitāyāṁ śrīgāyatrīkavacaṁ sampūrṇaṁ.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3j38km04
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 407
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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