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[149. चतुर्विशतिगायत्री
Caturvimsatigāyatri No. 149
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. . 1886-92. Size.-7 in. by 4g in. Extent.- 14 leaves ; 8 lines to a page ; 24 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; hand-writ
_ing good; fol. I has ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय नमः in red ink on the two borders, written from top to bottom; marks of punctuation in red ink; the names of deities to whom the different mantras are dedicated are written in black and red letters alternately. The colophon is in red ink; paper is old and musty. The last folio is marked 14 on one side and IS on the other.
Along with the text of the mantras, this Ms. gives the viniyoga, nyasa, etc. also. Following are the deities mentioned:- Brahman, Rama, Visva, Garuda, Laksmana, Nrsimha, Krpa, Gopala, Parasurāma, Tulasi, Hanuman Agni, Prthvi, Jala, Akasa, Surya, Candra, Guru, Pavana,
Hamsa, Gauri and Devi. Age.- Appears to be old. Author- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 20
उतिष्टंति महाभूता ये भूता भूमिपालकाः। भूतानामवरोधेन ब्रह्मकर्म समाचरेत् ॥
ओं आगच्छ वरदे देवि अक्षरे ब्रह्मवादिनी।
गायत्रीछंदः सां माता ब्रह्मयोनिमोस्तुते॥ इत्यावाहनमः। __ो अस्य वसिष्टशापमोचनमंत्रस्य वसिष्टऋषिरनुष्टुप् छंदः । श्रीविष्णु. देवता वसिष्टशापमोचने विनियोगः॥
अहो महानुबहुरूपे दिव्यसिध्ये सरस्वती।'
अजरेममरे चैव वसिष्टो शापमुक्तो भव ॥ १॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 24" (marked as 25 )
उत्तरे शिखरे जाता भूम्यां पर्वतवासिनी॥
ब्रह्मनेवमनुज्ञाता गछ देवी यथा सुखं ।। २७॥ इति ज्योभीसगायत्रीसंपूर्ण ।। ..
.. References. - See No. 148.
