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मन्त्ररत्नावली
Mantraratnāvali
981. No. 313
1884-87. Size.- IoPo in. by 4g in. Extent.- 283 leaves; 9 lines to a page; 34 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanagari Characters; hand
writing bold and legible; four lines in black ink on each border; topic-headings, topic-endings and the colophon coloured with red pigment ; fol. I is missing. After the completion of the work on fol. 284", there is an additional leaf marked 285 which has 4 verses, the last of which is -
न गुरोः सदृशस्तातो न देवः शंकरोपमः। न कोलात्परमो योगी न विद्या त्रिपुरासमा ।।
Paper is very old, worn out and musty. foll. 78-81 are entirely decayed. On the last page we read the following legend सिद्धिश्रीमहाराजाधिराजभावसिंहदेवानां मंत्ररत्नावली पुस्तकं पत्र २८५
The work is an exposition of Tantric rites and formulas, compiled for king Kirtisimha by Misra-sri-Bhashara. For fnll details, see I. O. Cat. Ms. No. 2580. where the work is fully described. Our work has got
45 chapters. Age.- Sam. 1714. Author.- Miśra-śri-Bhaskara. Begins.-- fol. 20
... आश्रमो वेदविक्रोधरहितः सर्वशास्त्रवित ॥ श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च प्रियवाक् प्रियदर्शनः ।। शुचिः सुवेषस्तरुणः सर्वभूतसमानधीः ॥ श्रीमांश्व सूद्धतमतिः पूर्णहस्तो विमर्शकः ॥ सगुणोऽर्चासुकृतधीः कृतज्ञः शिष्यवत्सलः ।।
निग्रहानुग्रहे दक्षो महामंत्रपरायणः॥
. ऊहापोहप्रकारज्ञः शुद्धाम्नायः कृपालयः ।। etc. Ends.- fol. 2840
पंक्तिस्तदातादि ६ षंडपंक्तीनवतैनू दिक्रमेण न्यस्ताकैहत्वा संयोज्य
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