Title from colophon.; Bagalāmukhīkavaca from the Ekavīrātantra. Title on cover folio is Bagalāstotra. Cover folio (written in another hand on paper not part of original ms.) reads: śrīḥ gajānanaḥ prasannostu. Bagalāstotram etat.; Cataloged by Poleman as Vagalāmukhīkavaca.; Possibly sixteenth century.; Written 11-12 lines per leaf.; Complete in 43 stanzas.; Poor condition. Leaves dark brown, stained, torn on edges and brittle. Three folios have been mended with white paper and written over in a different hand. Some text lost on right margins. Orange powder rubbed in over invocation, colophon, some words and most verse numbers. Marginal corrections.; Begins (f 1v): śrīgaṇādhipataye namaḥ. śrīmahālakṣmyai namaḥ. [ ]rubho namaḥ. śrīparadevatāya namaḥ. śrīr astuḥ śu[ ]. śrīmahogratārovāca. rājñāṁ maṇḍalagādīna[ ] parivisarpatāṁ sagarvāṇāṁ mahādeva dhanair vikṛtace[ ] (verse 1).; Ends (f. 5v): kṛtvā purā tu kavacaṁ japenmantraṁ samāhitaḥ naanyathāthā stambhinīvidyāsiddhā syād iti niścayaḥ (verse 43).; Colophon: (f. 5v): iti shrī ekavīrātantre mahogratārābhairavasaṁvāde ṣadtriṁśad akṣarāvidyāratna[pra?]stotre bagalāmukhīkavacaṁ sampūrṇam. śrīguruparadevatā[rp]aṇam astu. śrīrāmārpaṇam [ ]; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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