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306 Colophon. iti srisankaracaryyaviracita aparoksanubhutih samapta | visayah | ti0 | paripakvamanastvad yatiduhsadhyanyapi sadhanani susadhyani bhavantiti heto- rgurudaivatabhajanameva svadharmavirodhena sarvaih karyyamiti paramamangalam | iti aparoksanubhutipradipika samapta || : cyatra prathamam vivekakathanam | tatah samadama uparatisamadhana mumuksutvadikathanam | tata cyatmajnanavicarakathanam | tata sratmapadarthanirupanam | tatah jivabraukya- pratipadanam | tato brahmasaksatkaropayananavidhayogakathanam | No. 1285. vindhyamahatmyam, tikasahitam | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 13 x 7 inches. Folia, 157. Lines, 9-10 on a page. Extent, 3,927 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1924. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Text, verse; Commentary, prose. Incorrect. Vindhya-mahatmya. Topography of certain sacred places on the Vindhya Hills, and the religious merit to be acquired by pilgrimage to them. The work professes to be an extract from the Vrihadusanas Upapurana and has a commentary attached to it. Contents 1-2. Saunaka's enquiry about the Vindhya Hills. 3-4. The Puranas and the Upapuranas described. 5. The praise of a form of Devi dwelling on the Vindhya Hills. 6. Do. of Tarakesvara. 7-8. Story of Taraka Asura. 9. Enumeration of the sacred places on the Hills, 10. Story of Hari's blessing the sacred places. 11-12. The pool of Lakshmi. 13-14. Story of the two giants, Tuhunda and Hunda. 15, 16. The pool of Brahma. 17. The pools of Saunaka and others. 18. Do. of Marichi, &c. 19. Praise of the River Ganges. 20. The pool of Dharma. 21. Do. of Gokarna. 22. Do. of Navayogisvara. 23. Expiation meet at these sacred pools. 24. Praise of the confluence of the Ganges and the Yomuna at Allahabad. 25. Pool called Naga-kupa. 26. The majesty of Vindhyavasini, the Devi dwelling on the Vindhya Hills. 27. Mystic emblems for her worship explained. 28. Purification of the elements before worshipping her. 29. Mode of worshipping her. 30. Adoration to her through a triangular diagram. 31. Her wars with Nisumbha and Sumbha. 32-33. Description of Ramagaya. 34.