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Colophon 261 khatva stovamidam narah pathati yah samsarapathonidhim mautvasalbalavat prayatisadanam tejomayam brahmanah || iti srisankaracaryyaviracitam manikarnikastotram sampurnam | visayah | stutivyajena manikarnikamahatmanadikaurttanam | No. 4152. mandalavidhih | Substance, country-made paper, 10 x 42 inches. Folium, 1. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 25 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, P Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Verse. Correct. Mandala-vidhi. A yati is enjoined to draw the mystic form of a square or other figures below the plate from which he eats. These figures are supposed to keep off worms, &c. Beginning sriganesaya namah | End atha mandalaprakarah | agnih somasca svaryyasca varunaca prajapatih | mandalanopajivanti racasanam nivaranam || kurmmagtastipatangadya bhramante vasudhatane | bhojanartham yatirdhrtva tadarthamupalepanam || ityadi | yatihastejalam dadyadbhitam dadyat punarjalam | tadannam merunatulyam tajjalam sagaropamam || Colophon iti mandalavidhih samaptah | visayah | bhojanakale tatpatrasyadhastat mandala karanasyavasyakata dinirupanam | No. 4153. maharnavah | Substance, country-made paper, 9 * 5 inches. Folia, 208. Lines, 12 on a page. Extent, 4,992 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, decayed. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Maharnava. It treats of the various diseases produced by the commission of various sins. The expiation of these sins with a view to the cure of these diseases. By Madana, a Raja, who dedi-