[Āvaraṇārcana]

This text contains the method of worshipping the deities in the first and a part of the second enclosure of the śrīcakra. This is similar to Cat. no. 27.3. Written in 2 columns on fols. [3] and [4a]. Fol. [1A] contains an incomplete version of praveśabalividhi; fol. 1Ba, two didactic śloka-s; fol. [1Ca], different kinds of pañcākṣaramantra; fols. [1a-2b], a list of 27 nakṣatra-s starting with kṛttikā along with their presiding deities; and fol. [6a], pratyaṅgirādhyānaśloka, mantra, etc.; fol. [8a], rudradhyāna'sloka; fol. [9a], a few lines on śivarātryādipūjā, etc.; fol. [9b], number of kalā-s of pañcabrahman; fols. [133b-134a], about the date of completing of the writing of the text and the name of the scribe; fol. [134], the names of seven preceptors like śiva, ananta, etc. and śivarātrinirṇaya also; fol. [136b], some lines about pratiṣṭhā in the course of a festival; fol. [183], a few lines about the greatness of vibhuti, dūrvā-grass, etc. and the means to attain oneness with śiva; fol. [184Aa], a few lines on the greatness of stotra-s, etc.; fol. [196a], dhvajadaṇḍalakṣaṇa; fol. [197a], names of the attending gods like nandikeśvara and balipīṭha; fols. [212a-213b], some lines on rāśi-s and nakṣatra-s with regard to the performance of rathotsava, etc.; fol. [214a], about the rites after offering bali to the goddess; fols. [215a-216a] contain dhyānaśloka-s on nandikeśvara and balipīṭha