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Ends.- fol. 3b.
चातुर्वर्ण्यधर्मसंग्रह
No. 450
Dharmasastra
मूर्ती प्रतिष्ठाप्य कर्मसिध्यर्थं आचार्यादीनां दक्षिणा देया आशिषी गृहीत्वा यथाशक्ति ब्राह्मणाम्भोजयेत् इति प्रतिष्ठा समाप्तिमगयत् श्रीगजाननार्पणमस्तु
Age.- Appears to be old.
Author.— Anonymous. Begins. fol. 1b.
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Caturvarṇyadharmsamgraha
No.
Size.-9 in. by 5 in.
Extent.— 45 leaves; 10 lines to a page; 27 letters to a line. Description.—Country paper; Devanāgarī characters; handwriting legible; two lines in red ink on each border; benedictory phrase in red ink; paper old, worn out and musty. fol. 1b has 3 verses on the top margin.
The work is a mixture of dialogues between several people and quotations from Skandapurāṇa, Gitāmāhātmya, Bṛhannaradiyapurana, etc. It begins with a talk between Dharmadasa and Satyakāma, and introduces several new works and speakers. It deals with the conduct of yatis. Many of the verses are commented. Its name Caturvarņa(xya? )samgraha is doubtful.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
नरवा नत्वा भाविनो भूमिपालान् भूयो भूयो याचितो रामचंद्रः ॥ सामान्योयं धर्मसेतुर्नृपाणां स्वे स्वे काले पालनीयो महीन्द्रैः ॥ १ ॥ अविज्ञातप्रबंधस्य वाचो वाचस्पतेरपि
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विफलतां याति नयदुहे इवेहितं ॥ २ ॥ इहान्वय मुखेनैव सर्व व्याख्यायते मया । नामूलं लिख्यते किंचिज्ञानपेक्षितमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥ etc.
