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MINISTRY OF CULTURE GOVERNMENT O "isa sarakara INDIA 17 No. 2563. upakarmmapaddhatih| Substance, country-made paper, 103 x 42 inches. Folia, 26. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 549 Slokas, Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Bahrampur, Babu Radhika prasada Sen. Appearance, new. Prose. Correct. Upakarma-paddhati. Rituals for the sacrifice of animals at particular ceremonies. Anonymous. The rules given are founded on the Katyayana-sakha of the White Yajur Veda. Beginning taurtharajam namaskrtya rsauna saptavidhanapi | adhyayatsamipakamapaddhatirlikhyate maya || pausasya madhyamastakayam rohinyamadhyayotsargah ityadi | End. tatastriracamanadhyayah, lomanakhanamanikrntanam ca pragutsagat tatah param mantrabrahmanayeाradhyathanamiti paraskarana ++ yo'na + + ramapatih | Colophon. iti katyayananamupakarmapaddhatih samaptimagamat | visayah| madhyandinanam navopanitanam vedagrahanadhikararthamitaresamutsrstanam vedanam punargrahanartham yatayamadiparihararthamca katyayanavidita upakarmanah prayogakobhanam | No. 2564. gangasahasranama | Substance, country-made paper, 18 x 63 inches. Folia, 37. Lines, 4 on a page. Extent, 340 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, P Place of deposit. Bahrampur, Babu Radhikaprasada Sen. Appearance, new. Verse. Correct. Ganga sahasra-nama. A hymn embodying a thousand epithets in praise of the River Ganges. It is attributed to Siva, as the wielder of the trident (pinaki), who disclosed it to Vishnu. Beginning agastya uvaca | End. 3 vina khanena manayam nrrnam janma nirarthakam | upayantaramastyanyadudyena jnanaphalam bhavet || asaktanaca pahunamalasyopahatatmanam | duradesantarasthanam gangasanam katham bhavet | danam vatha vratam vatha mantrastotram japo'thava | ityadi | emat stocavaram divyam pura proktam pinakina | visnave nijabhaktaya muktiboja caracaram | SL