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इति कमलाकरभट्टकतः सहस्रचंडीशतचंडीनवरात्रपूजाहोमविधिः ॥ समाप्तः॥श्रीमहाकाली महालक्ष्मी महासरस्वती प्रीता भवतु ॥ अथ हिरण्य. - केशी उपाकरणोत्सर्जमप्रयोगः ॥ बझे इत्युपनामक सदाशिवमट्टस्येवं
पुस्तकं ॥ समाप्त ॥ References.- See No. 424.
kavaca
शरभशाल्वपक्षिराज
Śarabhaśālvapaksirājaकवच
576. No. 426
1892-95. Size,- Ion in. by 4g in. Extent. - 11 leaves ; 11 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanagari characters; hand-writn ing legible ; paper is old and musty ; left-hand corners of
leaves are decaying.
It deals with mantras, repetition of which protects the devotee from all enemies. The complete name of the work is as given above. It forms part of Akāšabhiravakalpa. In the colophon we find एकोनचत्वारिंशोध्याहः which seems to have been written by mistake by some scribe. As yet no ms, has been found in which it is indi. cated that the work is divided into chapters and has thirty
nine of them. Age.- Sam. 1901. Author:- Saikara? Begins.- fol. r
... डों स्वस्ति श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।। . श्रीपर्वत्युवाच।
देव देव महेशान परमात्मन् जगद्रो।
रहस्यं शालुवेशस्य कवचाख्यं वद प्रभो ॥१॥ - स ऋषि इन्दमध्यात् देवतां कीलकं स्वतु। .
विनियोगं नियोक्तणां सर्वदं विह तावकं ॥२॥ मोतुमिच्छामि देवेश कोन्यो वक्तुं क्षमस्त्विह। शालुवेशः परे पोहयनुध्येयः प्रसाधकः ॥३॥
