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Tantra
[228.
धन्वन्तरिमन्त्र
Dhanvantarimantra No. 228
686.
1895-1902. Size.- 5fo in. by 3fo in. Extent.-- 1 leaf ; 9 lines to a page ; 20 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanagari Characters; handwriting
legible ; paper old, worn out, musty and repaired.
A mantra to propitiate Dhanvantari (physician of
gods) in order to protect from illness, etc. Age.- Appears to be fairly old. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.-- fol. 1
श्रीगणेशाय नमः । धन्वंतरीमंत्रं धन्वंतरीमहामंत्रस्य अवांतर्यातम ऋषिः । गायत्रीछंदः। धन्वंतरीमहाविष्णुर्देवता । वं बीजं । स्वाहा शक्तिः । . धन्वंतरीमहामंत्रजपे विनियोगः। वां अंगुष्ठाभ्यां नमः। वांऽतर्जनीभ्यां वां
मध्यमाभ्यां वां अनामिकाभ्यां नमः ।वां कनिष्ठिकाभ्यां एवं हृदयादि
न्यासःretc. Ends.-- fol. 1b
अच्युतानंत गोविंद विष्णो नारायणामृत । रोगान्मे नाशयाशेषानाशु धन्वंतरे हरे ॥
इति धन्वंतरी अनुटुप ॥ समाप्तः ।। References.- Cl. Madras Govt. Or. Mss. Library Cat. XIII,
6440-42. .
धातुकल्प .
Dhātukalpa No. 229
1145.
1886-1892. Size.- 98 in. by 6m in. Extent.- 90 leaves ; 17 lines to a page ; 19 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper ; Devanagari Characters ; handwriting
good; written in book form; benedictory phrases and marks of punctuation in red ink ; paper is old, worn out and musty. There is a line, in Persian characters at the end.
