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Tantra
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Description.-Country paper ; Devanagari characters; two hand
writings, both legible; two lines in black ink with a thick red line between them on each border; marks of punctuation and colophons in red ink; paper old and musty. It is a fragment. foll 1-16 and 63-71 are missing.
Another copy. Begins in the middle of the 6th
chapter and ends with the 32nd chapter. Age.- Sam. 1690.. Author.-- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 17
-तुर्विशत्यंगुलाचं हस्तं तंत्रविदो विदुः ।। कर्तुर्दक्षिणहस्तस्य मध्यमांगलिपर्वणः॥
मध्यस्य दैर्ध्यमानेन मानांगुलमुदीरितं ।। etc. Ends.- fol. 95
अस्यालोकनतश्चित्ते कृष्णात्मा संप्रसीदति ॥१२४॥
इति श्रीगोतमीये महातंत्रे सर्वतंत्रोत्तमे द्वात्रिंशोध्यायः॥७॥ शुभमस्तु ॥ संवत १६९० वर्षे भाद्रवा पुदि १३ गुरो लिखितं आधेर ( next line is obliterated with black and red inks ) # 913
कयोः ॥शु ॥ * ॥ भव ॥ तु॥ कल्याणं भूयात् ॥ श्रीरस्त ॥ References.- See No. 137.
गौतमीयतन्त्र
Gautamiyatantra No. 140
975...
1891-95. Size.- 9 in. by 44 in. Extent.- 72 leaves ; 9 lines to a page ; 31 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanagari characters%3; hand-writ.
ing fair; paper old, soiled, musty and slightly worn out3; some colophons are tinged with red pigment.
Another copy, but incomplete. It begins in the
middle of the Isth chapter and ends with the 32nd chapter. Age.- Appears to be fairly old. Author. - Anonymous,
