When people have no children or in whose family children born die, it is considered that this is due to killing of serpents in one's previous life. An expiation eremony in this birth and also, serpent worship and installation of nāga stones are considered as a remedy for the past sin which will help one to have children with long life. This text desribes the worship of the anthill, a place where the snakes generally reside. It gives mantra-s for doing sarpaśānti in order that the performer could get sons who would be endowed with long life. Here and there, Tamil expressions are found used. Writing is on 2 columns in fol. 213b

Manuscript Beginning

uttarapūrve deśe valmīkaṃ pūjya buddhimān atha

Manuscript Ending

sarpaśāntimahatvāca jivaputro labheddhruvam॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

48.8

Key

manuscripts_000521

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CC BY-NC 4.0

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Valmīkapūjā, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/377670