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Dharmaśāstra
445.
dictory phrase, marks of punctuation and the last colophon tinged with red pigment; paper very old, worn out, musty and slightly worm-eaten.
The uttarārdha of Mahasanti, No. 137/1884-86. Age - Samvat 1668. Author - Anonymous. Begins - fol. 10
ॐ महाशांतिउत्तराद्ध ॥ अथ नक्षत्राणामुपाचारं वक्ष्यामोऽहतवासाने पुरस्तादहतेन वस्त्रणोदग्देशेनासनान्यवच्छाथ कृतिकादीन् य(ऋक्षाण्या
वाहयेत् etc. Ends - fol. 170
सीराधिकं ततो वैश्यः तथा प्रादेशिको हयं । राजा दद्याद्वरं ग्राम समूहो राजवत्तया। यथोक्तां दक्षिणां दद्या सकलं फलमश्नुते॥
सकलं फलमश्नुत इति ॥ छ ॥ २५ ॥ श्री: इति शांतिकल्पः ॥ संवत् १६६८ वर्षे आश्वने मासि क्लष्णपक्षे प्रतिपदि गुरौलि
महाशान्ति
Mahāśānti No. 1022
132
1886-92 Size-11} in. by 5} in. Extent -26 leaves%
314 lines to a page%3; 37 letters to a line. Description - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; several hand
writings, bad, some legible; paper old and musty; topics etc. tinged with red pigment; foll. 18-19 repeated.
A manual dealing with śānti with the help of Atharvaveda mantras. The principal topics are - Vināyakasnapana, mahā. śānti, mahātantrabhūtā-mahāśānti, the 30 mahāśāntis, viz. from amrtā to abhayā, adbhutaśānti, etc. The contents are given at the end. It is different from its namasake described
under No. 137/1884-86 (Sr. No. 1020 above). Age-Appears to be old. Author - Anonymous.
