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269 No. B. • VAJRAVIDARANA NAMA-DHARANI-HRIDAYO- PA-HRIDAYA. vajravidarananamadharanihrdayopahrdayam | Substance, Nepalese paper, 7 1/2 * 3 inches. Folia, 3. Lines on a page, 5. Extent in slokas, 25. Character, Newari. Date, ? Appearance, old. Prose. Incorrect. A charm which, on being worn in an amulet, or frequently recited, insures robust health. It was imparted by the Lord when he was dwelling in a thunderbolt. It begins with the words Om tata tata totaya totaya sphata sphata sphotaya sphotaya ghuna ghuna ghunapaya ghunapaya svarvasattvani, &c. Beginning. om namo bhagavatyai aryyamahavajravidaranyai | namo buddhaya | evam maya srutam ekasmin samaye bhagavan vajresu viharati sma | sarvvasariram vajramayam adhisthapya vajrapanisca buddhanubhavena vajrasamadhisampannah | tate| vajrapani buddhanubhavena sarvvabuddhadhistha- naca mahakrodhasambhutam vajrasarapada bhasate sma| End. hrdayamantrah| omom namo ratnatrayaya namascandravajrapanaye huna 2 tistha2 bandha ra amrte haim phat svaha | 3 Colophon. varyyavajravidarano nama dharanihrdaye|pahrdayah samaptah | No. B. VASUNDHARA-VRATOTPATTI AVADANA. vasundharavratotpattyavadanam | Substance, Nepalese paper, 11 * 24 inches. Folia, 23. Lines on a page, 5. Extent in slokas, 350. Character, Newari. Date, N. S. 923. Appearance, old. Verse. Incorrect. On the origin of a fast in honour of a goddess named Vasundhara. The account is said to have been imparted to Ananda by S'akya himself during his sojourn in the monastery of Ghoshira, in the suburbs of The goddess claims Kausambi; but the work is palpably a modern one. the threefold form of Vasundhara or the earth, Maha Lakshmi or great prosperity, and Kumari or the virgin.