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Dharmaśāstra Begins.- fol. 10b.
इष्टापूर्ते तु कर्तव्ये ब्राह्मणेन प्रयत्नतः। इष्टेन लभते स्वर्ग पूर्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् ॥ एकाहमपि कर्त्तव्यं भूमिस्थमुदकं शुभं ॥
कुलानि तारयेत् सप्त पत्र गौर्वितृषी भवेत् ॥ etc. Ends.-fol. 11b.
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राणां etc. upto दक्षः प्रजापतिः
विवरण
कुण्डकौमुदी
Kundakaumudi with
with Vivarana
23 No. 299
1874-75 Size.- 10 in. by 4g in. Extent.- 38 + 10 ( = 43) leaves ; 12 lines to a page ; 29 letters to a
line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; handwriting
legible ; some of the leaves have two lines, in black ink on either border ; benedictory phrase, marks of punctuation, topics and the colophon at the end are tinged with red pigment, paper old and musty; after fol. 10, leaves start again with 1, 2, 3, etc.
A word on construction of Kundas or sacrificial altars by Visvanāthadeva, son of Sambhudeva, grandson of Mukunda, great-grandson of Purusottama, and younger brother of Rāmadeva. The text is accompanied by author's own gloss known as Vivarana. Our author should be differentiated from his name-sake, author of
Kundaratnākara. Age.- Appears to be old. Author.- Visvanāthadeva. Ends.-fol. 10.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ स जयति जगति रामो जानकीजानिरेको दशरथकुरुदीपः सच्चिदानंदरूपः। दशमुखमुखशत्रुच्छेदविच्छेददक्षो