A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras
by M. Seshagiri Sastri | 1901 | 1,488,877 words
These pages represent "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras"—a scholarly work that systematically details the vast collection of Sanskrit manuscripts held by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in Madras, now Chennai, India. The catalogue serves as an essential ...
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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. No. 7698. hayagrivakavacah . HAYAGRIVAKAVACAH Substance, palm leaf. Size, 63 x 12 inches. Pages, 6. Character, Grantha. Condition, good. on a pago. ance, old. 5533 Lines, 7 AppearBegins on fol. 306. The other works herein are Hayagrivaikaksaramantra la and 2, Hayagrivamantra 16, Hayagrivaikadasaksaramantra 16, Hayagrivanustubhamantra 2 b, 5 a and 27 a, Hayagrivapuja 26 and 3 a, Hayagrivamantraprayoga 4 a, Hayagrivakalpa 6 a, Hayagrivapanjara 27 b, Hayagrivapanjarakalpa 33 a, Hayagrivastottarasata 396, Hayagrivamalamantra 42 a. Complete. This Kavaca-mantra is addre sed to Hayagriva; and its repetition is held to be efficacious in securing safety and protection and in bringing about the accomplishment of one's desires. Beginning : End: narada uvaca- rsirasya hayagrivo devata ca sa eva hi | proktamanustubham chandassarvarthe viniyujyate || kalasambhodhisankasam kamalayatalocanam | kalanidhikrtavasam karnikapithasamsthitam || hayagrivassirah patu lalatam candramadhyagah | sastratmako drsau patu patu sabdatmakassruti || itidam kirtayedyastu kavacam devapujitam | sarvan kamanavapnoti hayagrivaprasadatah || Colophon: iti naradasamhitayam hayagrivakavacassamaptah ||