Title from colophon, f. 1r, and upper left margins of verso folios. Colophon and f. 7v provide a variant title, Praśnabhairava, which seems to be the more common name for this text. Cf. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1815 and Item 2863, both Prasńabhairava.; Copied by Veṅkaṭeśa.; Written 10 lines per leaf.; Good condition. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.; Begins, f. 1r: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha bhairavapraśnaprārabhoyaṁ atha svarapraśnaṁ vāmā tu nāḍī himadīdhateḥ syātsyādbhāskarī dakṣiṇanāḍikā ca caṁdrasya nāḍyām athavārkanāḍyām antaḥ samīraḥ praviśaty avaśyaṁ 1 caṁdrasya nāḍī vahatī yadā ca tadā raveḥ sā praviśaty avaśyaṁ yaśaḥ samṛddhiṁ hi kulaṁ jayaṁ ca nirgachatī syāt pha[?] vaiparītyaṁ 2 iti svarapraśnaḥ atha bhūtapraśnaṁ; Text ends, f. 7v: sthānasthitaṁ bhaved eko dvābhyāṁ sīmāgataṁ vadet tribhiś caiva gataṁ grāme kaṁṭakaṁ bhayakārakaṁ 38 iti yuddhaprakāraśatrukaṁṭakaḥ samāptaḥ; Colophon, f. 7v: praśnabhairavanāmo yaṁ graṁtho vidvatsukhāvahāḥ likhitaṁ veṁkaṭeśena paropakṛtaye llaghuḥ 39 śake 1788 saṁvat 1923 āṣāḍe kṛṣạpakṣe ca tridaśe saumyavāsare āradrāṁ mithune caṁdre likhitaṁ pustakaṁ śubhaṁ 140 iti praśnabhairavaḥ samāptaḥ śubhaṁ bhavatu; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
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