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Description. Country paper; Devanagari characters; hand-writing legible; verse-endings, names of speakers and the colophons are tinged with red pigment; paper is old and musty; fol. 24 is slightly turn off on the right-hand margin.
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The work is ascribed to Naradapiñcaratra and is also named as Vijñanopanisad in the colophons. It deals with the worship and mystic philosophy of Viṣṇu. It has got 12 Chapters.
(1) Sastrarambha, fol. 3b; (2) Brahmasarga, fol. 6*; (3) Pradhanasarga, fol. 7a; (4), (5) have no colophons. (6) Garbhaman roddhara, fol. 16b; (7) Upacarana-apacārikamantroddhara, fol. 19b; (8) Mudra-bandhakhyāna, fol. 23a; (9) Snanavidhi, fol. 25; (10) Bhatasuddhi, fol. 28; (11) Nyasavidhi, fol. 30b; (12) Manasayagavidhi, fol. 34". Age. Appears to be fairly old.
Author.
Anonymous.
Begins. fol. rb
Tantra
Ends.-- fol. 34b
॥ ६० ॥ ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीवासुदेवाय ॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ नमः सकलकल्याणदायिने चक्रपाणये ॥
विषयार्णवमग्नानां सस (मु) द्धरणहेतवे ॥ १ ॥ etc.
References
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अत्यंतभवभीतानां जनानां भावितात्मनां ॥
इदं रहस्य वक्तव्यं सम्यग्रा उपरीक्षवः ॥ छ ॥
इति श्रीपंचरात्रे विज्ञानोपारषव्रीजयाख्यसंहितायां मानसयागविधिर्नाम द्वादशः पटलः ॥ श्रीः ॥
(1) Mss. A- Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :i, 2022; ii, 207a ; iii, 43b (our Ms.).
B-Descriptive Catalogues :
Peterson's Ulwar Catalogue 2134, 2194.
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