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240.]
Tantra
259 Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters ; hand-writ.
ing legible; paper old and musty ; marks of sandal paste on foll. r* and 7.
A manual of Nộsimha-worship, which brings about protection from every danger, ascribed to Kapiladeva who
seems to be an imaginary person. Age.- Appears to be old. Author. - Kapiladeva (?). Begins.- fol. 10
॥ श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहाय नमः॥ ॐ अस्य श्रीसहस्राक्षरमंत्रस्य कपिलमहा
विष्णुऋषिरनुष्टुप् छंदः । श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहो देवता क्षौं बीजं etc. Ends.-- fol. 70
भ्रमध्ये यत्मदर्शनं तस्य प्रभावात दुम्प्रेक्ष्याः हंतुं प्रेतपिशाचकान् । इति श्रीकपिलदेवविरचिते श्रीनृसिंहसहस्राक्षरीमंत्रसंपूर्ण । श्रीरस्तु
कल्याणमस्तु॥ References.- Aufrecht records only our ms. in his Catalogus Cata.
logorum :- iii,65..
वृसिंहानुष्टुभमन्त्र
Nộsimhānustubhamantra
989. No. 240
1891-95. Size.- 94 in. by 4f in. Extent.- II leaves ; 10 lines to a page ; 34 letters to a line, Description.- Country paper ; Devanāgari characters ; hand-writ___ing legible. Paper is very old, worn out and musty.
. It is in praise of Nrsimha. Age. - Appears to be very old. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. ab
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहाय नमः ।। कपुरधामधलं कटकांगदादि
छत्रं त्रिनेत्रशशिशेखरमंडितांग।
