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(12) GAYATRI.
6718.
153. TECU I Gāyatrīhrdaya. Substance, country-made yellow paper. 184 x 34 inches. Folia, 1-6. Lines, 5. Extent in slokas, 90. Character, Bengali. Appearance, old. Complete.
The present MS is described in L. I. 475. The work, in the form of an interlocution between Vasiştha and Brahmā, speaks of the origin of the Vedic mantra known as gāyatrī, as well as the esoteric meaning and potency of the different syllables constituting it. The following two MSS also contain works which are similar to and almost identical with the present one.
6719.
158. Gāyatrīhrdaya. Substance, country-made yellow paper. 16 x 3 inches. Folia, 5-11. Lines, 4. Extent in ślokas, 85. Character, Bengali. Appearance, old. Complete.
The present MS is described under two headings in L. I. 442-3. The first two lines of Fol. 5A contain the concluding portion of a gāyatrīkavaca assigned to the Brahmayāmala. The gāyatrīhrdaya here is in the form of an interlocution between Vaišampāyana and Brahmā as well as Brahmā and Nārada. The major portion of what is called gāyatrikalpa (Fol. 8–11) in the present MS is found included in similar words in the previous MS (Fol. 4B-6).
6720. 242. Gāyatrīhrdaya.
Substance, machine-made paper. 8x3 inches. Folia, 7. Lines, 6. Extent in slokas, 70. Character, Bengali. Appearance, good. Complete.
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