[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 28.1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 28.1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 28.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.1) brahmāṇī kamalendusaumyavadanā, māheśvarī līlayā, kaumārī ripudarpanāśanakarī, cakrāyudhā vaiṣṇavī, vārāhī ghanaghoragharghararavā 'py, aindrī ca vajrāyudhā, cāmuṇḍā gaṇanātharudrasahitā, rakṣantu māṃ mātaraḥ. || 1 || > 1. "May Brahmāṇī, whose face is kindly as the lovely moon, and > Māheçvarī, with her grace, and Kāumārī, who causes destruc- > tion to the pride of the enemy, and Vāiṣṇavī, armed with the disc, > and Vārāhī, roaring with a deep and terrible rumble, and Āindrī, > armed with the club (of Indra), and Cāmuṇḍā, joined with Gaṇeça > and Rudra — may these Mothers \[the Energies or female counter- > parts of seven principal gods\] protect me!" > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p1) - [Next: 28.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p2) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.28.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.28.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.1) · Pramāṇa