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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. Adhyayas 1 to 12, complete. Same as the Umaasamhita described under No. 2287. Colophon: 1557 iti umasamhitayam sundarakande ramayanamahatmyam nama ekadaso'- dhyayah || End : sundarakandarasamaptah || isvarah -- yuddhakandasya mahatmyam pravaksyami subhanane | srutva hanumato vakyam yathavadanubhasitam || sahasradityasamkasam sarvasatrunibarhanam | smayagayorbhinnapurusanustheya 4 rapi virodho yuktah | santubhayoh | nihsreyasakarmatvameveti praptamidamucyate || sankhyayogah prthak balah pravadanti na panditah | ekamasyasthitassamyagubhayorvindate phalam || No. 2290. kalikakhandah (skanda ). KALIKAKHANDAH (SKANDA). Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 15 x 1 inches. Pages, 267. Lines, 7 on a page. Character, Telugu and Grantha. Condition, good.. Appearance, old. Adhyayas 12 to 100. This mainly treats of the greatness of Siva and His worship, and of the wearing of Rudraksa beads and sacred ashes, denounces the practice of branding the body with the marks of conch and wheel, the emblems of Visnu, and the wearing of the Urdhvapundra, and gives various stories to prove the superiority of Siva to Visnu. 191-A