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• bibid: 9934318943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122418032
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3431894

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Consists of an invocation and three sections of text. Section one begins, f. 2r, with "atha prayoga." The second section, beginning f. 4r, is entitled Śarabhakavaca (c.f. Mss. UP# 1971, 2541), and purports to be chapter eleven of the Ākāśabhairavatantra (see colophon f. 8r). The third section, ff. 8r - end, is entitled Śarabhasahasranāmastotra from the Ākāśabhairavatantra Kalpa (see colophon f. 14v), and has unnumbered verses.

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• Written 12-13 lines per leaf.
   
• Poor condition. Paper is browned and fraying. Orange powder rubbed over section headings and invocations. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections. Ff. 1-3 torn through middle and repaired. F. 14 torn through middle and repaired, with a hole affecting 4 lines of text. Marginal corrections.
   
• Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. śrīḥ om̐ namaḥ pakṣirājāya niśitakuliśavaradaṁ drȧnaravāya anekakoṭibrahmakapālamālālaṁkṛtāya sakalakrūramahānāmabhūṣaṇāya [...].
   
• "Prayoga" begins (f. 2r): atha prayogaḥ. om̐ aiṁ krīṁ śriṁ namo bhagavate śrīśivāya [ya]mayuratḥ jvala 2 prajvala 2 asādhyaṁ sādhaya 2 rakṣa 2 sarva[-]uṣṭebhyo [hu?]ṁ phaṭ svāhā.
   
• "Prayoga" ends (f. 3v): spṛśan yasya japaṁ kṛtvā pratisthānaṁ samāhitaḥ prārthayed akhilaṁ sveṣṭaṁ hradisthaṁ sāluveśvaraṁ (3). śrīśiva.
   
• Śarabhakavaca begins (f. 4r): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. athāpi śṛṇu deveśi sarvalakṣaṇam adbhutaṁ śārabhaṁ kavacaṁ nāma caturvargaphalapradaṁ (verse 1). śarabhaḥ pakṣirājasya kavacasya sadāśivaḥ ṛṣiṣ́chandosya bṛhatī procyate śarabheśvaraḥ (verse 2).
   
• Śarabhakavaca ends (f. 8r): ubhayoḥ prāyaścittaṁ śiva tava nāmākṣaradvayaṁ (verse 111).
   
• Colophon f. 8r: iti śrīmatākāśabhairavatantre umāmaheśvarasaṁvāde śarabhakavacaṁ nāmaikādaśaḥ paṭalaḥ.
   
• Śarabhasahasranāmastotra begins (f. 8r): atha stotraṁ. bhairava uvāca. śṛṇu devi mahāguhyaṁ paramaṁ puṇyavar[--]ūnaṁ. śarabheśāṣṭakaṁ mantraṁ vakṣyāmi tava tattvataḥ (verse 1).
   
• Śarabhasahasranāmastotra ends (f. 14v): prayataḥ prātaḥ brahmacā[rya----a?]teṁdriyaḥ. abhinnayogo varṣaṁ tu aśvamedhaphalaṁ labhet.
   
• Colophon f. 14v: ityākāśabhairavatantre kalpe hariharabrahmaviraci[taṁ śabha]rasahasranāmastotraṁ samp[ū]rṇā. śrīvaijanāthāya namaḥ.
   

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Subjects topical

• Tantrism
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Śarabha (Hindu deity)
• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts

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• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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