Title from cover folio (f. 1r; reads: atha bhūtaśuddhiḥ prāraṁbhaḥ), f. 1v, and f. 10v (reads: iti bhūtaśuddhi samāptaḥ).; The text is largely the same as that of UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1380. See also Item 597, Item 2858, etc.; Scribe's name is Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa.; Written 8-9 lines per leaf.; Good condition. Paper somewhat brown. Orange powder rubbed in to highlight sectional headings and some words. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black.; Begins, f. 1v: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha bhūtaśuddhiprāraṁbhaḥ pṛthivyā merupṛṣṭha ṛṣiḥ kūrmo devatā sutalaṁ chaṁdaḥ āsane viniyogaḥ pṛthvī tvayā dhṛtā lokā devi tvaṁ viṣṇunā dhṛtā tvaṁ ca dhāraya māṁ devīṁ pavitraṁ kuru cāsanaṁ; Text ends, f. 9r: paṁcāśadvarṇabhedair vihitavadanadoḥpādahṛtkukṣivakṣodeśāṁ bhāsvatkapardākalitaśaśikalām iṁdukuṁdāvadātāṁ akṣa[-]srakuṁbhaciṁtālikhitavarakarāṁ tryakṣarāṁ padmasaṁsthām achākalpāvatuchastanajaghanabharāṁ bhāratīṁ tāṁ namāmi catvāri vāk * ṛk; Colophon, f. 9r: śakeṁ 1690 sarvadhārī nāma saṁvatsare jyeṣṭha śuddhapratīpadā cipulaṇakarabhāskarabhaṭṭena likhitaṁ; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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