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( 186 ) visayah | markandeya puranantargata - devimahatmasya vyakhyanam || No. 181. devimahatmya vrttih . By narasimha cakravartti Substance, countrymade paper, 14 x 1 inches. Folia, 112. Lines, 3 on a page. Extent, 1,407 shlokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, District Dhaka, Vikramapura, Ichapuragrama, Pandita Hariprasada Tarkalankara. Appearance, old. Prose. Incorrect. Beginning. End. Colophon. visayah | om namo ganesaya | om namascandikayai | devyah padayugam manojnamatulam brahmadibhih sevitam bhirorbhitiharam bhayam suraripormuktipradam yoginam | natva kosamasesasabdagahanam jnatva ca tantram mune- stasyah srinarasimha esa tanute mahatmatattvam krtam || pura kila bhagavadvadarayana sisyena bharatakathakanksiya jaiminina marka - ndeyamunih prsto nayam kathasamaya ityupeksamano bindhyacalanivasinascaturah paksinah praksyasiti tamadidesa | tadanantaram jaiminina prstaste markandeya- bhagurisamvadatmakamitihasamanuvarnayantastatkathamarabhamanaste ucurmarkandeya javaceti | ityadi | tabhyamityubhayatranvayah | nabhyam dattva tabhyamabhistuteti evam varam devyah sakasat labdhva ksatriyarsabhah ksatriyasresthah surathah suryyajjanma samasadya samprapya savarnirmanurbhavita || iti markandeyapurane savarnike manvantare devimahatma samaptam | mahatmapramiti mahatmanobhavah mahatma yan | evam sarvvatraiva yojyam || iti srinarasimhacakravarttikrta devimahatmatoka samapta || markandeyapuranisradevimahatmasya vyakhyanam || No. 182. devimahatmyamanjari . By narasimha cakravartti Substance, countrymade paper, 12 x 2 inches. Folia, 58. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 1,573 shlokas. Character, Bengali. Date, Sr. 1595. Place of deposit, Ariyadaha 24-Parganas, Pandita Haripada Bhattacaryya Correct. Appearance, old. Prose.