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258
Dharmaśāstra
[820
References - Ms. - A - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
i,3556; ii,79b and 211a.
Kane : Hist. Dh. I, p. 588.. B - Descriptive Catalogues :- Stein's Cat. of
Jammu Mss. p. 96. Peterson's Cot. of Ulwar Mss., No. 199.
Pārāśaradharmasāstra
पाराशरधर्मशास्त्र No. 821
377
1891-95
Size - 9 in. by 63 in.
Extent - 46 leaves; 14 lines to a page; 26 letters to a line. Description-Country paper; Devanagari characters; handwriting
bad; benedictory phrase, names of speakers and colophons are tinged with red pigment; paper old, worn out, musty and repaired.
The codex contains 22 chapters; first 10 chapters bear the colophon इति श्री पराशयें धर्मशाने उत्तरखण्डे etc. The next 12 chapters are identical with Laghuparāsarasmrti (No. 148/ 1884-86). The first 10 chapters deal with the details of Visnu
-worship. Age-Appears to be old. Author - Parasara. Subject - Dharma. Beging-fol. 10
श्रीरामाय नमः ॥
मुनय ऊचुः॥ विस्तरेण समाख्याहि हरिसंश्रयणं परं । कथमाश्रयणं नृणां कथमाराधनं विभो ॥१॥
. श्रीपराशर उवाच ।। वक्ष्यामि मुनयः सर्वे विष्णोराश्रयणक्रियां । मंत्रदीक्षाविधिं चैव तत्तत्पूजाविधि तथा ॥२॥ etc.