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Tantra
Extent.-- 3 leaves ; 11 lines to a page ; 22 letters to a line. Descriptions. Modern water-marked paper; Devanāgari characters;
hand-writing legible ; two lines in red ink on each border; paper musty.
The present codex contains, apart from two extracts from Maniraratnávali, three extracts from Nityotsavani
bandha ( See_961 (2)
1891-95" The two extracts from Mantraratnávali ( which cannot be located in the list of 26 chapters of it given in the I. O. Cat. Ms. 2580) deal with the worship of Ucchistalent or the Durga who is to be propitiated with ucchesla or the remainds of food.
Age.--Appears to be modern.
Author.--Anonymons. Begins.- fol. I.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ मंत्ररत्नावल्यां । ईश्वर उवाच॥
अथान्यच्च प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि गुह्यतमं प्रिये ।
उच्छिष्टपूर्षिादेवीमनुसर्वसमृद्धिमत् ॥ १॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 3.
ततो ध्यानं कुर्यात् ॥ वीणावायविनादेगतिनिरतां नीलांशुकोलासिनी । विवोष्टी नवयावकार्द्रचरणामाकीर्णकेशालकाम् ।। हृयांगीसितशंखकुंडलधरां माणिक्यभूपो ( fol. 3° ) ज्वलो। मातंगी प्रणतोस्मि सुस्मितमुखी देवीं शुभा श्यामलाम् ॥१॥ ततो गंधादिभिस्तां पूजयेत् ॥ ६॥६॥६॥
