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Tantra Age.:- Appears to be fairly old. Author.- Brahmāndanandanatha. Begins.- fol. I.
श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहो जयति । आनंदमानंदकरप्रसन्नं ज्ञानस्वरूपं निजभावमुक्तं । योगेंद्रमीड्यं भवरोगवैयं श्रीमद्गुरुं नित्यमहं भजामि ॥१॥
त्रिलोक्यसर्वतंत्रानि सौतः तंत्रानुसारिणी
नत्वा संक्षेपतो वक्षे नृसिंहार्चनपद्धति ॥ ४ ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 50
गुरुपूजा सदा कार्या पूजादौ तपहोमयोः। ..
गुरुपूजां विहायस्तु शिलायामुप्तवीजवत् ॥ छ । इति श्रीवामकेश्वरतंत्रे तंत्रानुसारेण गुरुमुखात ज्ञातं ब्रह्मांडानंदनाथेन कृता श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहाचनपद्धति समाप्ता संपूर्ण श्रीरस्तु शुभं भवतु
कल्याणमस्तु References.- Aufrecht records only one ms. in his Catalogus
Catalogorum :- ii, 665.
नेत्रोद्योत
Netroddyota
232. No. 242
1883-84. Size.— 1010 in. by 71in. Extent.- 106 leaves ; 25 lines to a page; 28 letters to a page.. Description.- Country paper%3 Sarada characters%3; hand-writing
irregular, but legible; it is written in book form, but the sheets are loose; paper is old, worn out and musty ; many of the leaves are damaged. The bundle contains, besides this work,
(1) Vamakešvaratantra, Tripurajapahomavidhi ; foll. 107-117. It is wrongly named as Mahatantra by Vasikeśvara ( 2 ) Matangavrtti ; 246 leaves.
The work is a Tantra of Saivites and contains 22 chapters called Adhikaras. The topics like mantroddhara, yajana, dikşa, abhiseka, sadhanar aksa, are such as an
