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450 Dharmasåstra
[515 Ends.- fol. 5..
यस्य स्मृत्येति जपिस्वा कर्मेश्वरार्पणं कृत्वा सुहृद्युतो भुंजीतेति ।।
इति श्रीकमलाकरभट्टकृते सूरिसूनुरामकृष्णभट्टारमजभट्टकमलाकरभट्टविरचित संक्षेपेण तुलादानप्रयोगः॥ ॥विनायकेन लिखितं ।
तुलापुरुषदान No. 516
Tulāpuruşadāna
82 (i)
No.
1884-86
Size.- 7 in. by 4} in. Extent.-1-80 leaves; 12 lines to a page%3 27 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; handwriting
good : three lines in red ink on either border upto fol. 4; no marks of punctuation. The ms. contains two works viz:
(i) तुलापुरुषदान foll. 1-86. __(i) अश्वदानविधि foll. 8b-gb (No. 49).
The Tulāpuruşadana deals with giving to the priests the weight of one's body in gold, silver, etc. The author, Vedängarāya, formerly Mālajit, according to Aufrecht, was son of Tigalabhatta (our ms. Tyagalabhatta), grandson of Ratnabhatti, (of Sristhala in Gujarat), father of
Nandikesvara (Ganakamandana). and wrote for Shah Jahan (1627-57) in 1643-Parasikaprakāsa and Sraddhadi. pikå. He composed also Aśaucacandrika and Mahāru. drapad dhati or Rudrārcanapaddhati. See Kane : Hist.
Dh. I, p. 745 under Vedāngarāya. Age.- Sam. 1903 (on fol. ५). Author.- Vedāngarāya. Begins.-fol.1b.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः। अथ तुलादानं नस्वा देवीं गणेशं च भट्टश्रीत्यगलाम्मजः।
.. धूहि ते वेदांगरायास्य तुलादानस्य पद्धति ॥ १ ॥ ...... मायं तु सर्वदानानां तुलापुरुषसंज्ञकं ।
अयमे विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीयातादिसर्वसु॥२॥ etc.
