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Beginning THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. 5473 asya srisuryanarayanakavacastotramantrasya gautama rsih, anustap chandah, srisuryanarayano devata ; hrim bijam, hram saktih, srisuryanarayaneti kilakam, srisuryanarayanaprasada siddhayarthe jape viniyogah | End : * * * * ghrnih patu siro nityam lalatam patu bhaskarah | adityo me drsau patu srotre patu divakarah || sanmasam sarvakaryartha samvatsaramupasitam | sarvasiddhimavapnoti visnuloke mahiyate || Colophon: iti skandapurane suryanarayanakavacam sampurnam || No. 7590. suryanarayanamantrah .. SURYANARAYANAMANTRAH. Page, 1. Lines, 8 on a page. Begins on fol. 85% of the MS. described under No. 235, wherein it has been wrongly stated to begin on fol. 86 a. Complete. The repetition of this Mantra, followed by the pouring of oblations of water, is believed to have the power to propitiate the sun-god who is conceived as Narayana. Beginning : • · evam gu • subhatithau mama duritaksayadvara sriparamesvaraprityartha srisurya- narayana muddisya srisuryanarayanaprityartha purascaranangatarpanam karisye | End : adityaya svaha - suryapedam na mama | srisuryanarayana sripadukam pujayami tarpayami namah ||