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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Remarks :—The beginning of the Fourth Adhyaya “fe fe
a dera” is given after the colophon. The last section in this Ms." ifayattaa" is the 22nd. section of Rg-veda Khila (See M. Muller's Second Edition of Rg-veda. Vol. IV. Page 534].
The title page contains a pictorial representation of the worship of the Lord Vaidyeśvara by the ten-headed demon Rāvaņa. The place of worship is the modern Vaidiśvarankoil in the Tanjore Dt. Rāvana made the supreme sacrifice to satisfy the Lord Mahadeva by offering his heads one after another in the sacrificial fire. When the tenth and last bit was about to be offered, the Lord was pleased and stopped Rāvana at the last minute. He appeared as the Divine Doctor and reset the lost heads on Rāvana. Hence the name of Vaidyesvara to the Lord Mahadeva. On one side of the title page, Rāvana is shown worshipping the Lord and on the other side his attendant demons all standing in an attitude of ecstatic prayer. The demons are depicted with long upturned noses in the forin of a scythe.
Il rac GENI
276. RG-VEDA SAMHITĀ. Burnell's Catalogue No. 2350 aa. Page 1. Left colump.
Substance-Paper. Size -14x54 inches. Sheets—14. Lines-8 to a Page. Script-Devanāgari. No. of Granthas
-180. Complete. Beginning, end, colophon and subject---Same as No. 275. Remarks:—The Ms. is in good condition.
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