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विषयः ।
टी० । परिपक्वमनस्त्वाद् यतिदुःसाध्यान्यपि साधनानि सुसाध्यानि भवन्तीति हेतो-
र्गुरुदैवतभजनमेव स्वधर्माविरोधेन सर्वैः कार्य्यमिति परममङ्गलं ।
इति अपरोक्षानुभूतिप्रदीपिका समाप्ता ॥
:
च्यत्र प्रथमं विवेककथनं । ततः शमदम उपरतिसमाधान मुमुक्षुत्वादिकथनं ।
तत च्यात्मज्ञानविचारकथनं । तत श्रात्मपदार्थनिरूपणं । ततः जीवब्रौक्य-
प्रतिपादनं । ततो ब्रह्मसाक्षात्कारोपायनानाविधयोगकथनं ।
[iti śrīśaṅkarācāryyaviracitā aparokṣānubhūtiḥ samāptā |
viṣayaḥ |
ṭī0 | paripakvamanastvād yatiduḥsādhyānyapi sādhanāni susādhyāni bhavantīti heto-
rgurudaivatabhajanameva svadharmāvirodhena sarvaiḥ kāryyamiti paramamaṅgalaṃ |
iti aparokṣānubhūtipradīpikā samāptā ||
:
cyatra prathamaṃ vivekakathanaṃ | tataḥ śamadama uparatisamādhāna mumukṣutvādikathanaṃ |
tata cyātmajñānavicārakathanaṃ | tata śrātmapadārthanirūpaṇaṃ | tataḥ jīvabraukya-
pratipādanaṃ | tato brahmasākṣātkāropāyanānāvidhayogakathanaṃ |
] No. 1285. विन्ध्यमाहात्म्यं, टीकासहितं ।
[vindhyamāhātmyaṃ, ṭīkāsahitaṃ |
] Substance, country-made yellow paper, 13 x 7 inches. Folia, 157.
Lines, 9-10 on a page. Extent, 3,927 s'lokas. Character, Nágara. Date,
SM. 1924. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old.
Text, verse; Commentary, prose. Incorrect.
Vindhya-máhátmya. 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 Vrihadus'anas Upa-
purána and has a commentary attached to it. Contents 1-2. S'auna-
ka's enquiry about the Vindhya Hills. 3-4. The Puráṇas and the
Upapuráṇas described. 5. The praise of a form of Deví dwelling on
the Vindhya Hills. 6. Do. of Tárakes'vara. 7-8. Story of Táraka
Asura. 9. Enumeration of the sacred places on the Hills, 10. Story
of Hari's blessing the sacred places. 11-12. The pool of Lakshmí.
13-14. Story of the two giants, Tuhunda and Hunda. 15, 16.
The pool of Brahmá. 17. The pools of Saunaka and others. 18. Do.
of Maríchi, &c. 19. Praise of the River Ganges. 20. The pool of
Dharma. 21. Do. of Gokarna. 22. Do. of Navayogís'vara. 23.
Expiation meet at these sacred pools. 24. Praise of the confluence of the
Ganges and the Yomuná at Allahabad. 25. Pool called Nága-kúpa.
26. The majesty of Vindhyavásiní, the Deví 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 Rámagayá. 34.