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349 devoted to Siva, Ganesha, Sarasvati and Sakti. It takes the words Brahma, Narayana and Sakti to mean the same thing. It treats of the preservation of health. It glorifies Sarasvati whose colour changed from white to blue owing to a plunge into poison by the treachery of Hayagriva. The Fish Incarnation saved her from the effects of the poison. She pervades the whole universe, as the universe is composed of 50 letters. The gods are mere Mantras, and the Mantras are Sarasvati. The work goes on with the glorification of the ten Mahavidyas, the selection of sacrificial animals on the different yugas, the prohibition of the use of non-sacrifice flesh, the enumeration of the various schools of tantrikas, namely the Viracharas, Chinacharas, Gandharvacharas and Vamacharas, the glorification of the worshippers of Durga as superior to those of Vishnu, Siva, &c., the description of various mystic performances and so on. Beginning. om namah paramadevatayaih End. isvara uvaca | ekadha bahudha caiva drsyate bhavabhedatah | cyato bhedahi kathyante tantre tantre mahesvari || vastubhedah kvacidapi na hi kutrapi karhicit | devyuvaca | ekastvamapi devesa mantro'pyekasca kathyate | ekapyaham naiva nana katham jalpantyanekadha || isvara uvaca | tvam hi caika tribhuvane tvadanya kasti sundari ahamekah kila punarmadanyah ko'sti bhutale || ante niralayam brahma jivanmuktinca vindati | astamyanca caturddasyam navamyanca visesatah || sanibhaumadinopete nityam sampujyamadibhih | pathitva pathayitva va naro mucyeta sankatat || | ityadi | Colophon iti nibandhe mahatantre devausvarasamvade saktauyam nama cayastrimsatpatalah || srisivau jayatah || visayah | sivasivayoh samvadena nibandhamahatantrasya sarasvata- mahesa ganesa sakyabhedena catuhkalpamayatvadikathanam | naulasarakhatya eva brahmajyotihsvarupatvadikathanam | saktinarayana -