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Vedānta
[346 ......... प्रवृत्तिर्बहुधा लोके निवृत्तिनैव दृश्यते ।
निवृत्तिहेतुभूतं हि स्वस्मिन् कंठस्थहारवत् ॥ ३९ ॥ इति दत्तगीता आत्मबोधका संपूर्णा समाता ॥ ॥ - ॥ डों : नमो ब्रह्मणे नमः ॥
References.- (1) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum:
I2436%3 II 52%3 III 534. -
दत्तगीता
Dattagītā
No. 347
240-A 1882-83
Size.- 1018 in. by 4g in. Extent.-- 24 leaves ; 9 lines to a page ; 30 letters to a line.
Description.- Country paper thick, smooth and grey; Devanagari
characters%3; handwriting large, uniform and legible%3B borders ruled with double red lines ; yellow pigment used for corrections ; red chalk marks on key words, etc. as well as verse-numbers; the chapters and verses, etc. are as follows:-I,88, fol.79 : II, 40, 100%; III, 45, 159; IV, 22, 1633; ,23, 180%; VI, 27, 2133; VII, 16, 240%; VIII, 22, 24%3; fol. 24 contains a fragment of Astavakra; the titles are also given as Swami-Kārttikeya-Samvada, Atmasamvityupadesa, Advaitagitā; for the fragment of Astāvakra see Ms. No.240-Bof 1882-83 (= No. 105 above).
Age.- Appears to be very old.. Author.- Dattatreya. Begins.- fol. 15
उं नमः श्रीगणेशाय ॥ ॥ अथ दत्तगीता लिख्यते॥