The only complete copy surviving of this important 11th-century work on Advaita philosophy of language. This work has recently been published (David 2020). Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 98 leaves. Physical characteristics: Size: W 5....
A standard work on Mīmāṃsā, dated back to the 14th century; this manuscript testifies, among others, for a sustained study of Mīmāṃsā (Vedic ritual exegesis) in Thrissur in the last centuries. The work is transmitted in a very fragmentary way. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. ...
A hitherto unknown complete copy of the fundamental work of the "Vivaraṇa" school of Advaita Vedānta, whose prominence in Thrissur is clearly visible from the collection. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 166 leaves. Physical characteris...
A hitherto unknown copy of Anubhūtisvarūpa's standard commentary on the Pramāṇaratnamālā of Ānandabodha (11th century), probably dating back to the 13th century. The work, which is still unpublished, is sometimes known under the name °nibandha. See Thangaswami 1980: 245. Custodial history: Form...
This bundle, which presumably was used for teaching purposes, contains a fragment of Prakāśātman's classical commentary on the Pañcapādikā, called Vivaraṇa, and a collection of fragments of works of Mīmāṃsā on the topic of inference, only some of which could be identified. Custodial history: Fo...
One of the very few bundles found in Thrissur containing a commentary on a classical work of Sanskrit theatre, Kulaśekhara's Tapatīsaṃvaraṇa. The play itself is popular in the typically Keralese Kūṭiyattam theatre, which may be one of the reasons why a Sanskrit commentary on that work is found i...
A famous 13th-century Sanskrit commentary on Bopadeva's Muktāphala, which is itself a theological treatise in the form of a compilation of verses from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. One of the rare Vaiṣṇava works found in the Thrissur collection. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent...
A very rare copy of an unpublished Advaita commentary on the Nārāyaṇopaniṣad, by the famous 12-th century thinker Vijñānātman (see Thangaswami 1980: 397). The title of the work is given in the manuscript as Nārāyaṇākhyapraśna[/prajñā°]yājñikyupaniṣad. The text is followed by a portion of text in...
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...