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The work is Vaisnavite tantra dealing with charms and spells for the cure of fever, dysentry and other disThis work is described by Mitra ( Notices II, 893).
seases.
Tantra
It is an extract from Visnudharmottarapurana of which it forms the 29th chapter. The end of our Ms. does not agree, however, with that of the ms. described by Mitra. Age.- Appears to be fairly old.
Author.— Anonymous.
Begins. fol. 1"
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
Ends. - fol. 2b
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि अपामार्जनमुत्तमं । पुलस्त्येन पुरा प्रोक्तं दाल्भ्याय च महात्मने ॥१॥ सर्वेषां दोषरोगाणां नाशनं मंगलप्रदं ॥ etc.
अधोक्षजाय भद्राय श्रीधराय महात्मने ||३८॥
......... उपेंद्राय मतानां जीवनाय चंगन ॥ ३९ ॥ विष्ठरेभव... तुभ्यं क्षीरांभोनिधिशायिने । न० ॥४०॥ ॥ श्रीनृसिंहमहोग्रस्त्वं तस्मै तुभ्यं नमो नमः ॥ ना० ॥ ४१ ॥ वराहेश तुसिंहेश बामनेश त्रिविक्रम ॥
नम० ॥ ४२ ॥ हय
References. (1) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :i, 21b ; ii, 5 and 1874 ; iii, st.
B-Descriptive Catalogues :-- Mitra's Notices II, No. 893. Weber's Catalogue of Berlin Mss. pp. 329-30.
I. O. Catalogue, No. 7052.
Madras Govt. O. Mss. Library Cat. pp. 5561-62 Ms. No. 7740.
