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The work appears to be a part of Mahārņava-karmavipäka of Visvesvarabhatta. See colophon - इति श्रीमहार्णव चतुर्वेदोक्तपारायणविधिः समाप्तः fol. 10. It begins with the preliminary rituals connected with the study of the Vedas, then special rites for each Veda follow. At the end, a eulogy of this ritual is given.
Age - Appears to be old. Author - Anonymous. Begins -fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीवेदपारायणविधिः ॥ आचम्य । प्राणायामा देशकालौ स्मृत्यसर्वपापक्षयकामछे अमुकवेदपारायणमहं करिष्ये ॥ परकर्तृके श्रावण
महं करिष्ये ।। पादप्रक्षालनादि यथोक्तवरणं ॥etc. Ends — fol. 130
गंगा गया कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रयाणं पुष्करं हि तत् तत्फलं प्राप्यते यस्तु अश्विनस्याद्दिने दिने ॥१६॥ तोलयित्वा हेममुक्ता द्वादश संख्यया बुधः । दत्वा यत्फलमानोति मुक्ति(क्ति) प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः ॥ १७॥ ‘लिषितं पंचोलिरामकृष्णः।
महालयप्रयोग
Mahālayaprayoga
.. 587. No. 1017
1883-84 Size - 6} in. by 4} in. Extent - 28+1(=29) leaves; 8 lines to a page; 19 letters to a line. Description - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; handwriting
legible; paper old and musty; folio following fol. 1, is not numbered and is blank on one side.
A handbook for performing śrāddha on Mahālaya - or
Pitr-amāvāsyā. Age — Appears to be old.
Author-Anonymous,
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