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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. martyenanena sadrsassaksat parasivassvayam | nanyo devo manusyo va samo'nena mahesvari || sucissadayam vijneyah snanadapyadhikarisave | candalasparsanam krtva bhuktocchistena samyutah || visthanuliptadehasca mantrena ca samanvitah | kalaam bhaksayedyastu gangasnanasahasrakam || No. 7740. apamarjanakalpah . APAMARJANAKALPAH. Pages, 3. Lines, 19 on a page. 5561 Begins on fol. 16 of the MS. described under No. 2886, wherein this is given as Apamarjana in the list of other works. Complete. This Kalpa forms the 29 th Adhyaya of the Visnudharmottara, wherein Pulastya teaches Dalbhya the Apamarjana-mantra addressed to Visnu, and gives all the necessary details connected with it. He says therein that it is the best remedy for counteracting poison and various kinds of dire diseases and evil spirits. Beginning : sridarabhya uvaca - bhagavan praninassarve visarogadyupadravaih | dustagrahopaghataisca (sarva )kalamupadrutah || abhicarikakrtyabhissarvarogaisca darunaih | sada sampidyamanastu tisthanti munisattama || yena karmavipakena visarogadyupadravah | na bhavanti nrnantanme yathavadvaktumarhasi || pulastya uvaca - vratopavasairye visnum nanyajanmani tositah | te nara munisardula graharogadipiditah || * *