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12 No. 2257. : Substance, country-made paper, 16 x 5 inches. Folia, 94. Lines, 10-11 on a page. Extent, 2,635 slokas Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1925. Place of deposit, Sitamodhi, Zilla Mujahpharpur, Pandit Yogadatta Upadhyaya. Appearance, new. Prose and verse. Generally correct. Kurukshetra-pradipa. A guide to the sacred places in the holy land of Kurukshetra. By Vanamali Misra, son of Mahesa Misra, an inhabitant of Kurukshetra, and disciple of Bhattoji Dikshita. CONTENTS. Pre-eminence of Kurukshetra as a place of sanctity. Merit of pilgrimage thereto. Its seven Vanas or forests including Aditivana, Kamyavana, Suryavana, &c. Praise of the river Sarasvati. Praise of Ganga. Extent and boundary of Kurukshetra. Its synonyms. The lake called Ramahrada. Origin of Kurukshetra. Its merits during eclipses and on particular months. The merit of shaving off the hair of the head there. Topography of the different sacred spots. Persons fit to make a pilgrimage thereto. Rules for pilgrimage. Religious duties to be performed there. Special accounts of the following sacred pools: Aujasavaruna, Sthanu, Panchavati, Agni, Brahamyoni, Rudrakara, Prachikula, Devikupa, Svargadvara, Sukra, Kalasa, Kuvera, Chakra, Badaraprachi, Indra, Rama, Ekaratra, Martanda, Soma, Dadhichi, Sarasvata, Kanya, Gangahrada, Sarodadakshina, Anaraka, Sarvadeva, Kuru, Koti, Vimalavishnusthana, Pariplava, Prithivi, Dakshesvara, Das'asvamedha, Asvinau, Varahati, Ekahamsa, Pushkara, Panchahrada, Vamsamulaka, Kayasodhana, Lokoddhara, Kapilahrada, Sri, Surya, Sankbini, Brahmavarta, Amsumati, Kamesvara-kas'isvara, Matri, Manusa, Vriddhakedara, Durgakshetra, Vatesvaravindhya, Pundarikanaga, Drishadvati, Parvata, Amritasthana, Karandavadi, Vyasahrada, Naimisha, Manas, Dugdhasrava, &c. Most of those places are connected with incidents of the great fratricidal war of the Kurus and the Pandus, but a good many are recent creations. Beginning param brahma namaskrtya sarvvamangalamangalam | vyavyayam sasvatam purna saccidanandalaksanam || nirgunam sagunam visnum sankaram siddhidayakam | ganesam vighnahantaram pitaranca divakaram | vamanadipuranebhya itihasaditastatha |