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416.]
Tantra
439
Begins.- fol. I0
श्रीराधाविनोदाय नमः ॥ क्रीडारतं गोपकुमारसंधैर्नेत्राञ्जने धूलिविभूषिताम् । गृहे गृहे नवनीतचौरं तमादिदेवं पुरुष प्रपये ॥१॥ अथ वक्ष्ये महामंत्रान् विष्णोः सर्वार्थसाधकान् ।
यस्य संस्मरणान्मा भवाब्धेः पारमाश्रिताः ।। etc. Ends.-- fol. 80
ततः सामान्यक्रमेण विसर्जनान्तं कर्म समापयेत अस्य पुरश्चरणं पोडशलक्षणजयः। तथा च
विकारलक्षं प्रजन्मनुमेनं समाहितः।
तज्ज्ञानांशं सरसिजे हुयान्मधुना प्लुतः ॥
इति तन्त्रसारे श्रीविष्णुपूजाप्रकरणम् ।। References. – Aufrecht refers to our ms. only in his Catalogus
___Catalogorum, iii, 48*.
वीरभद्रतन्त्र
Virabhadratantra No. 416
49.
1898-99. Size.- 87 in. by +ji in.. Extent.-- 28 leaves; 8 lines to a page ; 29 letters to a line. Description. - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; hand-writ
ing good ; benedictory phrases, marks of punctuation and names of speakers up to fol. 26 are in red ink. Colophons at the end of chapters have letters written in black and red inks alternately. Paper old, worn-out, soiled and musty.
The text of this work, agrees with that of Uddišatantra But the colophons of 4 chapters on foll. 7, 9, 136 and 196 read वीरमद्रमहातंत्रे मंत्रकोशे. For such confused colophons,
see I.O. Cat No. 2630. Age.- Appears to be fairly old. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ ॐनमो भैरवाय नमः ।। उडीशो च समाकीणे जोगवसमाकुले etc.
