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A Dharmaśāstra text describes the importance of ceremonies observed during pilgrimages to Prayāga, Puruṣottamakṣetra, Gayā, the Ganges, and Benares, composed by Vācaspati Miśra of Mithilā. He was a well-known scholar of Dharmaśāstra and Navyanyāya. He was the son of Keśava of the Upamanyu gotra and the father of Lakṣmīdāsa. This manuscript covers all five chapters up to Kāśī prakāśa: Prayāga prakāśa (f.21a), Puruṣottamavidhi (f.65a), Gaṅgāprakāśa (f.92b), Gayāprakāśa (f.122a), Kāśīprkāśa (f.132b). This manuscript uses three different scripts: Newari, Devanagari, and Tirhuta. "Fols. 73 and 116 are missing. Two leaves with fol. no.35, 41, 46 and 77 each" (Matsunami. 1965, p. 67).
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