Title from colophon. Listed in New Cat. Cat. as Gāyatrīhṛdaya(-Upaniṣad).; Text in the form of a dialogue between Svayaṁbhū (Brahmā) and Yājñavalkya.; Written 8-10 lines per leaf.; Good condition. Mistakes crossed through, covered over with yellow, or blocked out or blotched out with black. Marginal and interlinear corrections and one marginal insertion.; Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ namaskṛtya bhagavān yājñavalkya svayaṁbhuvaṁ paripṛchati tan no brūhi bhagavān gāyatryutpatiṁ turiyaṁ śrotum ichāmi brahmajñānotpatiṁ prakṛtiṁ parīpṛchāmi śrībhagavān uvāca; Ends (f. 11v): ya idaṁ nityam adhīyāno brāhmaṇāḥ prātaḥ śuciḥ sarvai pāpai pramucyate brahmaloke mahiyate; Colophon (f. 11v): ity āha bhagavān yājñavalkyaḥ gāyatrīhṛdayaṁ sampūrṇaṁ; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
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