Title Rāmakavaca from cover folio (which reads: rāmakacavaprāraṁbhaḥ), back folio (which reads: rāmakacavaṁ samāptaṁ), f. 1v, and top margins of verso folios; title Trailokyamohanarāmakavaca extrapolated from colophon.; Poleman lists manuscript date incorrectly as Saṁvat 1962 rather than 1952.; Scribe's name is Rāma Śarmaṇ.; Written 8-9 lines per leaf on folded sheets of European paper with blue horizontal lines. Watermark partially visible on f. 3.; Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow. Marginal corrections.; Begins, f. 1v: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha rāmakavacaprāraṁbhaḥ om̐ asya śrīrāmaṣaḍakṣaramaṁtrasya braṁhmā ṛṣiḥ gāyatrī chaṁdaḥ śrīrāmaḥ paramātmā devatā rāṁ bījāya namaḥ śaktiḥ rāmāya kīlakaṁ caturvidhapuruṣārthasidhyarthe śrīrāmaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ iti saṁkalpaḥ; Ends, f. 5v: samyak jñātvā tu kavacaṁ maṁtraḥ syāc chighrasiddhidaḥ; Colophon, f. 5v: iti śrīvrahmayāmale umāmaheśvarasaṁvāde [f. 6r] śrīrāmasya trailokyamohanaṁ nāma kavacaṁ samāptaṁ saṁvat 1952 piṁgala nāma saṁvatsare bhādrapada śu aṣṭamyāṁ likhitaṁ sahasrabuddhe ity upāvhayena rāmaśarmaṇā likhitaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ ca śubhaṁ bhavatu śrīsītārāmaprasaṁno stu viśveśvarārpaṇam astu; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
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