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The work deals with the consecration of the acala (immovable) images of Siva, Visnu, Durga, Surya, Ganesa, etc. It is based on Baudhāyana Sūtras and Trivikrama's Pratishapaddhati. It forms a section of author's (Sankarabhatta's ) Dvaitanirnaya (See No. 124/1895-1902). The author men
tions his father Nārāyanasüri, Sivasiddhāntasekhara, etc. Age - Appears to be old. Author - Sankarabhatta. Subject -- Dharma. Begins - fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ बौद्धायनसूत्रे त्रैविक्रम्यादिपद्धति सारोद्धारेणाचरशिवलिंगविष्णुदुर्गासूर्य
गणेशादिमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठाविधीरुच्यते । etc. Ends - fol. 516
शिल्पिनो नायको भृत्या भृतिभाजोपि धारयेत् । एषां मृतानां वर्षाणि यांति योगशिवालये।
वृक्षाणामपि दारुपितेपिरुद्रा न संशयः ।। इति श्रीनारायणभट्टसुतशंकरोषितेद्धर्मद्वैतनीर्णये प्रासादरिवोपचरप्रतिष्टा पद्धतिः समाप्ताः॥ ॥लिखितमिदं त्रवाडयोपनामक लालशंकरसुनुगुला
प्रतिष्ठापद्धति No. 851
Pratișthāpaddhati
240 1886-92
Size -108 in. by 5 in.
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Extent - 14 leaves; 13 lines to a page; 27 letters to a line. Description - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; handwriting
legible; two lines in black ink on either border; paper old and musty.
A treatise on the consecration of images and temples. Age - Appears to be modern. Author - Anonymous. Subject - Dharma.