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Dharmasastra
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहाय नमः ॥
or enteriप्रयोगः ॥ मयूखे ॥ कर्त्ता अधिवासन दिवसात्पूर्वदिने कृतहविष्यभोजनोऽधिवासनदिने पूर्वाह्णे देशकालौ संकीर्त्य सर्वपापक्षयातीत गतानां गतपितृकुलमारणकामो भवत्प्रीतिकामोहं आरामोत्सगं करिष्ये ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 7b.
ततो ग्रहादिदेवतानामुत्तरपूजां कृत्वा क्षमाप्य विसर्जयेत् ॥ तत आचा र्याय पीठे दत्वा मंडपं सदस्याय आचार्याय वासोपस्करं दत्वा ब्राह्मणभोजनं सहस्रं शतं यथाशक्ति वा संकल्प्य भूयसीं दत्वा ॥ यस्य
आशौच चन्द्रिका
No. 99
Size. 8 in. by 3 in.
Extent.- 23 leaves 11 lines to a page; 31 letters to a line. Description. Country paper; Devanagari characters; handwriting legible; two lines in black ink on either border; benedictory phrase marks of punctuation, authorities quoted and the last colophon are tinged with red pigment; paper old and musty.
Age.- Sam. 1811.
Author.— Vedangarāya.
Begins.- fol. 1b.
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A manual for aśauca. Amongst the authorities quoted are : Devala, Hārīta, Smrtyarthasara, Vijñānesvara, Mādhava, Madanaratna, etc. The work contains 370. verses. The author Vedāngarāya, otherwise called Māla - jit or Mallajit, was "The son of Tigalabhatta, grandson of Ratnabhatta, of Sristhala in Gujarat (Siddhapur), father of Nandikesvara. Vedängaraya's patron was Shah Jehan (1627-57)" Ulwar Cat., p. 63. He also composed Sräddhadipika and Maharudrapaddhati.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ हरिः ॐ ३म् ॥ अथ आशौच चंद्रिकाप्रारम्भः ॥
नवा देवीं गणेशं च ग्रंथान्मुनिमतान्वितान् ।
दृष्ट्वा वेदांगरायाख्यो कृतवान् शौचचंद्रिकां ॥ १ ॥
