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53 Sudradharma Tattva. A manual of the whole religious and social duties of Sudras. By Kamalakara Bhatta, son of Ramkrishna. The work is of considerable repute, but of rare occurrence. Beginning. pranamya ramam pitaram kamalakara sarmana | End. ramakrsnatanujena sudradhamma vitanyate || yo'tra sramah kila krtah kamalakarena prito'munastu sukrtisu ca ramakrsnah | Colophon. iti ramakrsnabhattatmajakamalakara bhattakrte sudradharmmatattve sudrasamasankarajasvarupa- nirupanam | visayah | sudranam samastadharmanam vivaranam, arthat annaprasana- vivaha - prayascittadisu sudretikarttavyatanirupanam | No. 608. matsyasrktatantram | Substance, country yellow paper. Folia, 99. Lines, 10 on a page. Extent, 3960 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Sir Raja Radhakanta Deva Bahadur. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct.. Matsyasukta Tantra. A Tantric compilation. Contents: Rules regarding mourning; expiations and aliment; rice cooked by Sudras, forbidden as food for Brahmans; effect of certain conjunctions during particular days of the moon's age; vessels of particular metals recommended to be used when eating while facing particular quarters; duties before meals; purification of houses rendered impure by corpses and other offensive objects; the worship of Bhadrakali and other divinities in the month of Vais'akha; rules for the celebration of a ceremony called Annantavrata, on the 14 th of the waxing moon in the month of Bhadra; do. of the Rohinivrata, on the 9 th of the waxing moon in the same month; praise of particular forms of sacrificial knives; proper mode of sacrificing animals; prognostications from the flow of blood from the carcass of sacrificed animals; adoration of Durga; celebration of the ceremony called Gaurivrata; mantra for saluting the wag-tail (motacilla alba); mantra for offering oblations of water to the manes on the 8 th of the waxing moon in the month of Magha; salutary verses called Mangalashtaka; origin of the Mandara mountain. The MS. is a fragment, and contains from the 35 th to the 60 th sections. The contents above given refer to the sections examined. Beginning. sahasrajapat devesi nasaucam mrtasutake | janane marane nityamasaucamanudhavati ||