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167 चतुर्विशतिगायत्री
Caturvimsatigāyatri No. 148
1884-86. Size.- 102 in. by 4 in. Extent.- 2 leaves; 9 lines to a page ; 33 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanagari characters; hand-writ.
ing good ; paper old and musty.
It deals with the Gayalrı manira pertaining to Brahman, Ajapa, Disnu, Rudra, Narasimha, Ganesa,, Sarya, Agni, Durga, Syama, Garuda, Brahman, Sarasvati, Ksatriya, Vaisya, Sadra, Candi, Palu, Mahadbrahma and Bhairava. The list of deities referred to in this Ms. differs from the list given by Aufrecht in his Oxford
Catalogue, p. 107, Ms, No. 166. Age.- Appears to be old. Author-- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 16
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥
• सूर्भुवः स्वः॥ डों तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भगों देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥१॥ इति ब्रह्मगायत्री ।। परोरजसा वदों ॥२॥इति अजपावगायत्री ॥ ॐ नारायणाय विद्महे वासुदेवाय धीमहि तन्नो विष्णुः प्रचोदयात
॥३॥ इति विष्णुगायत्री ॥ etc, Ends.- fol. 20
ॐ दिगंबराय विद्महे दीर्घसिनाय धीमहि तन्नो भैरवः प्रचोदयात ॥२४॥ इति भैरवगायत्री ।। ___ इति श्रीचतुर्विशतिगायत्री समाप्ताः ॥ २४ ॥ श्रीकृष्णाय नमः ॥ भी
(repeated 8 times ). References.- (1) Mss.-A- Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
i, 179; ii, 36. B-Descriptive Catalogues:Aufrecht's Cat. of Oxford p. 107. I.O. Catalogue, Ms. No. 6123. (2) Printed Editions:(1) Bombay, 1890. (2) With Hindi Translation by Jvalaprasāda Misra, Bombay, 1901.
