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End. 21 samsevaniyamtasibhih sanakadimukhyeyoga ragamyama vinasvarama dibhunam | samsarakrnnigamasaravicarasaram saram maho manabhi mem mudamadadhatu || bhadraya bhavatam bhumyam bharati bhaktibhavita | smrterujjrmbhate yasya vagvila so'tidurlabhah || saradatilake tantre gurunamupadesatah | padarthadarsatikeyam raghavena viracyate || sampradayagatam kincid bhanitagamasammatam | yaduktamaca tat santo vicarayitumarhatha || cyathesvarah sarvvi api srutih bhavapasabaddhanam svargiya muktaye ca samupadisati | anyesam smrtisastradinam tanmulakatvena tadarthapratipadakatvena ca pramanyamiti suprasiddhataram || ityadi | mangaladini mangalamadhyani mangalantani ca sastrani prathante virapurusakani bhavanti ayusmatpurusakani ceti bhagavanpatajnjalivacanat | mahaniyam giram puja- niyam giram | Colophon. iti sriraghava bhattaviracita padarthadarsatika sampurna | subham | visayah | laksmana desikendrakrta saradatilaka vyakhyanam | No. 1734. tirthakaumudi | Substance, country-made paper, 18 x 32 inches. Folia, 148. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 4,244 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Teghora, Post Lalgola, Zila Murshidabad. Devadatta Trivedi. Appearance, very old. Prose and verse. Correct. Tirtha-kaumudi. A dissertation on sacred places of pilgrimage. By Srisiddhantavagisa Bhattach arya. The work opens with a thesis on tirthas or sacred pools, how they attain their sanctity, and the reasons why they should be visited. Then follows a disquisition on the question, Who derives the benefit of visiting tirthas ? Rules are then given regarding the duties to be observed when starting on a pilgrimage, what should be done, and what avoided in the way, the religious duties to be gone through at sacred pools, the importance of sraddha and tarpana on such occasions, and what should be par-