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प्रकाशोऽयं महातन्वं ज्ञानार्णव महोत्तमं ।
इति ज्ञात्वा महादेवि न पुनं च प्रकाश्यते ॥ Five injured leaves at the end contain an index.
5819. 10841. मन्यानभैरव । Manthānabhairava.
Substance, European foolscap paper of foolscap size. Folia, 199. Lines, 35 on a page. Only on one side of the paper is written. Character, Bengali. Appearance, fresh. Incomplete.
A Tantra of the Kaula Cult. The present MS contains Patalas LXXVI-LXXXIX. The name of the work is not clear. It is called चतुर्विशतिसाहसिकायन्त्राभिधान in an inscription on a covering leaf of the MS, recording that it was presented by Mr. Rakhal Das Banerji to MM. H. P. Shastri on 16-11-13. It is further recorded there that the present MS was 'copied from a manuscript belonging to the Mohanta of Bodh Gaya dated Nepal Era 761=1641.'
Colophons of the different chapters :
Fol. 5, इति महामन्यानभैरवयज्ञ-शतकोटिप्रमाणे अन्वये नवकोय(पद्या )वतारे श्रीकुलकौलिनौमते श्रीकुलतन्त्रावतारे [चतुर् ]विंशतिसाहसे तन्त्राविधाने शाव-विधानत्वरिताकथनो नाम घट्सप्ततितमः पटलः ।
Fol. 16, ०वञ्चयोगो नाम सप्तसप्ततितमः पटलः ।
Fol. 26, त्रिपुरयोग-शिवशक्तिसमरे सत्त्वं महामायास्तवकथनो नाम अथसप्ततितमः पटलः ।
Fol. 30, पवित्रारोहणविधिर्नाम ऊनाशीतितमः पटलः ।
Fol. 41, मण्डलपञ्चात्मविद्याव्रतायुधचाकुसौ ( ) द्रव्यकथनं नामाशीतितमः पटलः ।
Fol. 59, चतुर्थों-पञ्चमी-षष्ठीवर्णना नाम एकाशीतितमः पटलः ।
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