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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
VII. YANTRAS.
Dāmodara.
6579.
5775. JOC
Yantracintāmani.
Substance, country-made paper. 10X 4 inches. Folia, 32. Lines, 12. Extent in blokas, 950. Character, Nāgara. Date, Samvat 1855. Appearance, old. Complete.
MSS of the work have been described in L. I. 257, CS. V. 76 (I) and VSP. (p. 62). An edition of the work was published in Litho at Benares (1935 Samvat). After the last section, called moksādhikāra, the edition treats of a few general topics concerning yantras, like the drawing and consecration of them.
The work is complete in nine sections. The first two sections give an account of the author, describe the origin of the work and deal with a few general directions. In the remaining seven sections different yantras as used in different functions (vašīkarana, ākarşaņa, vidveşana, māraña, uccātana, śānti and mokşa) are described. The descriptions are given in the form of utterances of Śiva. Post-colophon Statement :
Haa seyyi
6580.
11290.
Yantracintāmaņi.
Substance, country-made paper. 94 x 3 inches. Folia, 1-64. Lines, 6. Extent in slokas, 950. Character, Newari. Date, 790 N.S. Appearance, fair. Complete.
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