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Dharmaśāstra
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काकमैथुनदर्शनशान्ति
Kākamaithunadarśanaśānti
583 No. 242
No. 1882-83 Size.- 12 in. by 44 in. Extent.-2 leaves; 12 lines to a page; 47 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters ; handwriting
legible; paper old, worn out, musty and a corner on the right-hand border damaged.
It deals with rites to remove the evil consequences of काकमैथुनदर्शन or a crow sitting on one's head. A similar work is described in the Mad. Des. Cat. Vol. VI,
No. 3265. Age.- Appears to be old. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 1.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ गर्गः॥ काकस्य मैथुनं पश्येत्काकः शिरसि चेद्विशेत् ।
शिरसि स्पर्श वा कुर्यात् पक्षपातं च वा तथा ॥ १ विदारणं च कुरुते शयानं च स्पृशेद्यदि।
तदा वदेत्तु मरणं महारिष्टमथापि वा ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 25.
सर्वमृत्युहरे नित्यमतः शांतिं प्रयच्छ मे। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशिष्टेभ्यो यथाशक्त्या च दक्षिणां ॥ ब्राह्मणान्भोजये (त्) पश्चाच्छातिवाचनपूर्वकं । एवं यः कुरुते सम्यक् तस्माद्दोषात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ इति काकमैथुनदर्शनशांति
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काम्यवृषोत्सर्गप्रयोग
Kāmyavřsotsargaprayoga No. 243
1887-91 Size.-93 in. by + in. Extent.— 13 leaves ; 12 lines to a page ; 35 letters to a line. Description.-- Modern water-marked paper; Devanāgari charac
ters; handwriting legible ; two lines in red ink on either border; paper musty, smoked and brittle,
