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Begins. fol. 1b
Ends. -- fol. 738
डौं श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ ड श्रीकालिकायै नमः ॥ डों श्री देवीदानव । etc. as in No. 464.
Tantra
लक्षमेकं । etc. up to द्वाविंशतितमः परिच्छेदः । as in No. 457. References. - See No. 456.
Ends.
श्यामारहस्य
No. 464
Size— rog in. by 33 in.
Extent. - 54 leaves ; 13 lines to a page; 55 letters to a line. Description.— Country paper; Devanagari characters; hand-writing legible; numbers of verses, topics and colophons are tinged with red pigment; paper very old, musty, worn out on all sides; several of the leaves have been repaired and many have lost part of their sides with text lines.
Age. Appears to be very old. Author.— Purnananda (giri ). Begins. fol. rb
The work is a compendium of tantric worship of goddess Kali or Durga, compiled from many tantras, in 22 chapters. The present codex is incomplete and breaks off in the middle of the 4th chapter. For a detailed list of contents, see I. O. Cat. No. 2597. For further information about the author, see B. B. R. A. S. Cat. No. 884.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
देवीदानव दैत्यदपनि वहान संहारयंत शिवम् etc.
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Śyāmārahasya
1026. 1891-95.
हृदयं पातु कालांगी नामि रक्षतु पार्वती ॥ जठरं पातु भीमाक्षी मध्यं रक्षतु चर्चिका ॥ ३ ॥ ऊरू मे पातु लोलाक्षी कामस्था
बायुग्मं भद्रकाली बादाचं पातु भीषणा । ३ ॥ कटिं रक्षतु सर्वेशी पृष्ठं दक्षिण कालिका ॥ श्रीषां रक्षतु क्रोधांगी नेत्रे रक्षतु भीषणा ॥ ४ ॥ पार्श्वइयं लो
References. - See No. 456.
