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Dharmasastra
127
Age.- Appears to be old. Author:- Bhattoji Diksita. Begins.- fol. 1b.
___श्रीगणेशाय नमः । श्रीगुरुचरणाभ्यां नमः॥
अथाहिकं लिख्यते ॥ तत्र माधवीये कूर्मपुराणम् etc. as in No. 153. Ends.- fol. 65b.
भूमावयाहिलिप्तानां तावत्स्यादशुचिः पुमान् । भासनादुस्थितस्तस्माद्यावन स्पृशते महीति ॥
विष्णुपुराणं ॥ विष्णुरत्ता तथैवासं परिणामश्च वै तथा॥ References.- See No. 153.
आहिक
Ahnika No. 157
70
A1879-80 Size.- 8 in. by 4 in. Extent.— 73 leaves ; 6 lines to a page ; 22 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanagari characters; handwriting
good; four lines in red ink on each border; benedictory phrase, names of authorities quoted, and markes of punctuation tinged with red pigment in some leaves ; accent marks and marks of punctuation on some leaves are in red ink; paper old and musty.
A manual for the daily duties and rites for the fol. lowers of Rgveda. The work is also named as Bahorcah
The date given at the end is of doubtful nature. Age.- 109 Saka (?). Author.-Kamalakarabhatta. Begins.- fol. 12.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीमन्महामुदलो जयति ॥ नस्वा रामं च पितरौ कमळाकरशर्मणा।
रामकृष्णतनूजेन बवृचाह्निकमुच्यते ॥ तत्र रात्रेः पश्चिमायामामुहूर्तों ब्राह्मण उच्यते इति मदनपारिजातपितामहोके ॥etc..