A hitherto unknown copy of an ancient Upaniṣad of the Sāmaveda. The manuscript is relatively modern. Divisions: 1-31v: 1st section; 32r-40v: 2nd section; 40v-61r: 3rd section; 61r-72r: 4th section. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 74 lea...
A hitherto unknown complete copy of Vācaspati Miśra's classical 10th-century commentary on Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya. This commentary gave rise to the "Bhāmatī" line of commentary on Śaṅkara's work, rival of Prakāśātman's. The latter is generally much more frequently represented in the Thrissu...
A bundle containing several works of Advaita-Vedānta and a devotional work, probably meant for personal study and worship. The most remarkable parts of this bundle might be the second, a relatively understudied work of Advaita-Vedānta, and the fourth, an anonymous commentary on the Ātmabodha, ge...
അപ്പയ്യദീക്ഷിതരുടേ സിദ്ധാന്തലേശസംഗ്രഹവും പിന്നേ ചേറിയ പല ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളും
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A bundle mainly containing Appayya Dīkṣita's work, together with an Upaniṣad and ritual instructions about Cāturmasya. We may infer from this that the manuscript may have been used by a saṃnyāsin (possibly connected to the Sāmaveda) residing in the Thrissur Madham for private study. The bundle i...
തൃശ്ശൂർ സംസ്ക്കാര സംബന്ധിയായ സാമഗ്രികൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
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A very important bundle, containing a variety of texts (most of them totally unstudied) related to the Thrissur monastic traditions: hagiography, doctrine, ritual, etc. This is a unique document, which needs to be studied in its own right. The date of copy is unfortunately not known. Custodial ...
The bundle contains several Advaitic works, namely the popular Pañcadaśī by Vidyāraṇya, and several tracts connected to Sureśvara's Pañcīkaraṇavārttika, by famous Advaitins. We also find, at the end of the bundle, several devotional works, presumably intended for the private worship of the owner...
The bundle contains mainly ten Upaniṣads (generally corresponding to the list of ten classical Upaniṣads with the exception of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka), and various other Advaitic texts and ritual instructions. Such collections of Upaniṣad are fairly frequent within the Thrissur collection. The bundle...
The bundle contains a large number of lesser-known (and sometimes very short) Upaniṣads; these are often found in several very different versions, and those transmitted in manuscripts often widely differ from the printed versions, which makes this document an important testimony for their transm...
An incomplete copy (end missing) of presumably the oldest Upaniṣad, belonging to the white Yajurveda. The bundle contains adhyāyas 3 to 5 (the last incomplete), divided as follows: 0 to 18r: 3rd adhyāya; 18r to 40v: 4th adhyāya; 40v to 56: 5th adhyāya (incomplete). Custodial history: Former own...
A commentary on a section of the Pañcadaśī, called Mahāvākyaviveka ("Critical examination of the Great Sayings"), by Vidyāraṇya's disciple Rāmakṛṣṇa. The bundle contains a stray leaf with anonymous praise of the guru, and there is some confusion in the numeration (no. 28 found three times). The ...