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364 Sraddha-kalpa. A treatise on Sraddhas appropriate to followers of the Sama Veda. By Sridatta. Contents:-duties to be observed on the day preceding a sraddha; do. on the day of the sraddha. Explanations of the technicalities of sraddha. Rules for the performance of funerals. General rules for performing a sraddha. Optional duties. General rules for performing an ashtaka sraddha; ritual for do. Special rules with reference to sraddhas performed on other than the fixed days. Things and acts forbidden or enjoined at sraddhas. Sraddha on the 11 th day of the moon. Sraddha on auspicious occasions, as marriage &c. Persons enjoined to perform s 'raddhas. The MS. has a large number of marginal notes by a different author. Beginning. smrtigtahyapuranadi bhupagopalasammatam | End. satam vakyani calokya chandogasraddhamucyate || svah sraddham karisyamano rajakadvara vasah calayet, dantavakta siromala nyapakrsya svatva niramisamekavaram bhunjita | asadhvagram patnayam satyam sodaryaderevadhikarah, pitamatasapindadyabhave apati- nayastasya apyadhikarah, iti sarva samanjasam || Colophon. iti mahamahopadhyayasrisridattaviracitah sraddhakalpah samaptah | visayah | samavedinam sraddhavyabasthapako'yam granthah | tatha hi tesam - sraddhapurvadinakrtyam, srarddhadinakrtyam, sraddhiyasadharanakrtyaniyamatmika paribhasa, brahmanasatka- radiprayogah, samanyatah sraddhaprayogah kamyakrtyani | astakadisraddhanam sa- manyavidhih, tatprayogasya | aparapacatithinimittakakamyasraddhavyavasthadih | sraddhesu nisiddhani, vihitanisiddhani ca | ekadasa hai koddistaprayogah | nandi- mukhadisraddhaprayogah | adhikarinirnayasca | No. 989. uddisatantram | Substance, country yellow paper, 1312 X 3 inches. Folia, 21. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 496 s 'lokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Navadvipa, Vrajanatha Vidyaratna. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Generally correct. Uddisa Tantra. A Tantra of the Kaula class, treating of sorcery of different kinds. The subjects treated of are:-rites for bringing people