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248.] Tantra
271 पञ्चस्तवी
Pañcastavi
579. No. 248
1892-95. Size.-81-in. by 4t in. Extent.- 11 leaves ; ro lines to a page ; 47 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper; Devanagari Characters%3 hand-writ
ing good; paper is extremely old, musty and brittle. The edges are worn out ; fol. :b has lost about of its text on the right-hand side ; but it is supplied by some later writer on a patch in Sarada characters.
The text is the same as described in No. 247. Only it is different in घटस्तव, and चर्चास्तव has got the following verse extra.
आनंदसंदरपुरंदरमुक्तमाल्यं मौलो हठेन निहितं महिषासुरस्य । पादांबुजं भवतु मे विजयाय मंजु
मंजूरशिंजितमनोहरमंबिकायाः ॥१॥ Age.-Appears to be very old. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.-fol.rb
डों स्वस्ति श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ ऐंद्रस्येव शरासमस्य दधती मध्य ललाटं प्रभा शौक्लीं कां [न्तिमनुष्यगोरिव शिरध्यातं ]र्वतः ॥ एषा सौ त्रिपुराहदि द्युतिरिवोष्णांशोः सदाहस्थिता छिद्यान्नः सहसायस्त्रिभिर [ घंज्योतिर्मयी वाङ्मयी ॥१॥ [या माता ] त्रपुसी लता तनुलसत्तन्तूस्थिती स्पर्धिनी वाग्बीजे प्रथमे स्थिता तव सदा तां मन्महे ते वयम् | etc.
Same as in No. 247. . N. B.- Portions in brackets are in Sarada characters. Ends.- fol. II
भुवि पयसि कृशानौ मारुते खे शशांके etc. Same as in No. 247.
Colophon. इति पंचस्तवीषु सकलजननीस्तवस्समाप्तः ॥ समाप्तेयं पंचस्तवी॥
दर्शनात्यापशमनी जपान्मृत्युविनाशिनी।
प्रजिता दुखदौर्भाग्यहरा त्रिपुरसुंदरी ।। References.-See No. 247. .
