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234 Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose. Generally correct. Visvaprakasika-paddhati. An elaborate digest of various rites, ceremonies and expiations. By Visvanath Bhatta the son of Purushottama Bhatta, the grandson of Trivikrama and the great-grandson of Narayanacharyya belonging to the Parasara gotra. Visvanath had two sons Narayana and Kasinatha. Beginning. narayanaya namah | ramaya namah | nirvvighnamastu | srautasmarttakriya yasya + + + radhanam matam | sa nastatra sthiram bhaktim vidadhatu parah puman || banaum ' hariharakadaun grahan brahmagurun pitrn | ganadhipam sutrakara mapastambam namamyaham || vyayamsam bhrataram krsnam natva paddhatisiddhaye | visvaprakasikakhya hi racyate paddhatih subha || padau narayanakhyayah sresthe gove parasare | utpannah panditah sriman vedavedangaparagah || trivikramakhyastatsunurvidvan manyasca sarvvatah | tatsuto'bhududvijasrestho bhattasraupurusottamah || mimamsadisu sastresu vedantesu krtasramah | sadarmaniratah suddho vyotihsastravisaradah || srivisvanathastatputrah satkarmaniratah sucih | yastu dvijanamajnakrjjaprotihsastresu sammatah || yasya mata + + + ka yasya bharyya ca parsvati | civarge vanukule'sya - || narayanakhyo yatputrah kasinathah priyastatha | gurususrusanaratau satkarmaniratau ca tau || suci + + + + +mau bhargave khatitare yoge siddhe vilagne dhanusi ca divase dandayugmavasiste | buddhisthecye dyunarke + x + budhasite karkata + tulendau duvikyasthanaketau namasi navamage visvanathah prajatah || srimadbodhayanaryyaprabhtati nigaditanekasvacarthavakta mimamsanyayavidvaddhrdayakumudinicandrama (mah ) vistamaulih |