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The manuscript is the Kālāgnirudropaniṣad text assigned to the Nandikeśvarapurāṇa, also known as the Nāndīpurāṇa. This Upaniṣad primarily focuses on the Bhasma-dhāraṇa Vidhi or Tripuṇḍra-dhāraṇa Vidhi. It is the ritual practice of applying sacred ash on the body. Title is taken from colophon (f. 2a) section title Vibhūtidhāraṇamantra associated with additional set of mantras on final folio (f. 2b). The manuscript is written in 15–16 lines per leaf. 2 leaves are foliated 1–2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. The manuscript dates as saṃvat 1893 (1837) (f. 2a) Last page is unidentified.
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