This text gives the procedure for worshipping vināyaka probably on the day of vināyakacaturthī. On the fly-leaf is written "bhavanāma samvatsaram vaiyāci 16 devya'sikhāmaṇi yeḻutiyatu। śrīgurubhyo namaḥ। śubham astu। tailādrakṣa jalādrakṣa rakṣa māṃ para-hastakam iti pustakāavādipatrikeyaṃ mahattarā". An unnumbered leaf at the beginning has an index of the texts found in this bundle. Fols. 52a-53b briefly deal with the pradoṣārghya, somavārārghya, śivarātryarghya; fol. 64b-65a, astrological matter and vacana-s for the performance of abhiṣeka, etc. to īśāna and others, and a defination of the word "bali" also; fols. 78a-80b, the names as well as the birth-stars of the nāyaṉmār-s (devotees of śiva); fols. 90a-92a, rathapratiṣṭhā, bimbapramāṇa and mahānaivedya; fol. 103, some diagrams; fol. 140a, the date of writing the nirvacanacandrikā viz. bhava varu. vaiyyāci mā. 16; fol. 104 b, a prayer to the goddess; fol. 105a, rathapratiṣṭhāvidhi; fol. 105b contains āgamavacana-s on bali for bhūta, etc

Manuscript Beginning

asyāṃ śubhatithau vināyakadevatām uddiśya vināyakadevatāprītyarthaṃ kalpoktaprakāreṇa vināyakapūjāṃ kariṣye। uttamaṃ gaṇanāthasya vrataṃ sampatkaraṃ 'subham। bhaktavāñchitadātāraṃ sarvamaṅgalakārakam। ekadantaṃ śūrpakarṇaṃ gajavaktraṃ caturbhujam। pāśāṅkuśadharaṃ devaṃ dhyāyet siddhivināyakam।

Manuscript Ending

vināyaka namo'stu te। naivedyam। bhūgī[pūgī?] phala + pratigṛhyatām। tāmbūlam। nīrāñjanam। gaṇānāṃ tvā। mantrapuṣpam। vāyanadānam। mantrṃ[ḥ]। gaṇeśa[ḥ] pratigṛhṇāti gaṇeśaye[gaṇe'so vai] dadāti ca[।] gaṇe'sas tārako dvābhyāṃ gaṇeśaṃś ca [gaṇeśvara?]namo'stu te। hariḥ om। 'subham astu। vināyakakalpaṃ sampūrṇam। śrītanunāthasvāmī sahāyam[।]

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Complete

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382.1

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manuscripts_004539

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Vināyakakalpa, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381688