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दत्तात्रेयतन्त्र
No. 208
Size. 6 in. by 3 in.
Extent. 133 leaves; 5 lines to a page; 13 letters to a line. Description. Country paper; Devanagari characters; hand-writing legible; two lines in red ink on each border; paper very old, worn out and musty.
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This Tantra is related by Siva to Dattatreya to instruct him in mystic, magic and demoniac rites. contains 22 chapters called Patalas; for a detailed list of contents see Mitra's Notices V, 1850. It is complete. Age. Appears to be fairly old.
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Author. Anonymous. Begins. fol. t
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
दत्तात्रेय उवाच ।
Tantra
कैलासशिखरासीनं देवदेवं महेश्वरं ।
दत्तात्रेय (:) पर्यपृच्छच्छंकरं लोकशंकरं ॥ erc.
Ends. fol. 1332
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Dattatreyatantra
962. 1837-91.
अनेन मंत्रेण सप्तांजलि अग्निमध्ये निक्षिपेत् ॥ अग्निशाम्यति ॥
गृहीत्वा रवीवारे तु श्वेतकरवीर मूलकं ॥
धारयेद्दक्षिणे हस्ते अग्निबाधा भयं न हि ॥
इति श्रीदत्तात्रेयतंत्रे ईश्वरदत्तात्रेयसंवादे सिंहव्याघ्रादिभयनिवारणं नाम द्वाविंशति (त) मो पटलः संपूर्ण समाप्तं ॥ छ ॥
References. (1) Mss.-- A - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum:
i, 244; ii, 52b and 205; iii, 53a B Descriptive Catalogues:Mitra's Notices V, 1850
Calcutta Sanskrit College Catalogue V. 36
H. P. Sastri's Notices, XI, Preface p. 14
Madras Govt. O. Mss. library XV, Nos. 7868-70,
pp. 5673-76.
(2) Printed Editions :
With Marathi translation by Ananta Bala-Kṛṣṇa-Ghagve. Bombay, 1915
