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392 Vaidyaka
131 सिद्धमन्त्र,
... Siddhamantra टीकासाहत.
with the Comm .. प्रकाश .
Prakāśa No. 312
1101. ..... ...... ........... 1886-92.. Size. 11f in. by s} in. Extent.--45 leaves; II lines to a page; 32 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; hand
writing good; the text which is generally in the centre of the page, is tinted with red pigment; the commentary, which is on the top and the bottom of the text and has the pratikas, is also tinted with red pigment; the verses of the text are generally called सूत्रs and the commentary, व्याख्या ; it seems to have been used by somebody whose pencil marks are found in the body of the Ms.; the author's father is महादेव, and his teacher भास्कर; resident of Vedapura, a town in Mahārāştra, which was the capital of a king named Simharāja ; the commentator was the son of the author of the text.
Age.-- Appears to be modern. Author.-- (Text) Keśava ; ( Comm. ) Vopadeva. 'Begins.- fol. 11.
(Commentary) स्वस्ति श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
आरोग्यवैद्यनाथाभ्यां नमः सत्त्वादिसझना। .. मातापितृभ्यां दातृभ्यामायुः सुखहितामृतं ।। येनोच्चारितमात्रेण पुरः स्फुरति भेषज
. सोयं चिकित्सकप्रीत्यै सिद्धमंत्रः प्रकाश्यते ।। ग्रंथारंभे ग्रंथकदभीष्टसिद्धये स्वेष्टदेवतामभिष्टौति । जयंति सर्वोत्कर्षेण वर्तते । etc.
(Text) भायुर्वेदसांभोघिसारसारणिका गिरः। उल्लासितोपनामा जयंत्यसृतजन्मनः ॥१॥
