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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/36
Title:: കേരളമാഹാത്മ്യം (ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡപുരാണത്തിലെ ഗാർഗ്യയുധിഷ്ഠിര സംവാദത്തിലെ ഭാഗം)
Scope & Content:: A hitherto unknown copy of this famous purāṇic work on the "history" of Kerala. The work is divided into 36 adhyāyas (adhyāya 36 is interrupted here); rubrics identified so far are as follows: Identified colophons: 5v2: 3rd adhyāya; 9r (last): 6th adhyāya; 12v: 11th adhyāya; 15r: 14th adhyāya; 2...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 90 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/37
Title:: ആചാര കൃതികളുടേ സമ്മിശ്രമായ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle, containing mainly instructions for the performance of a particular ceremony (Caṭaṅku) by saṃnyāsins. The bundle also includes a minor Upaniṣad and a short philosophical text by Sureśvara. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original materi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 88 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/38
Title:: പ്രപഞ്ചസാരം
Scope & Content:: A popular Tantric work, with strong Advaitic leanings, generally ascribed to Śaṅkara; numerous copies of this text and its commentaries are found in the Thrissur collection. The copy is complete, and contains all 30 chapters (paṭala) of this work, divided as follows: 16r: end of 5th paṭala; 37v:...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 242 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/39
Title:: വേദാന്തകല്പതരുപരിമളം
Scope & Content:: An incomplete copy of Appayya Dīkṣita's 16th-century masterwork on Vedānta, a commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru. The copy contains the three initial pādas of the first adhyāya, divided as follows: 1 to 131r: 1st pāda; 132r to 151r: 2nd pāda; 151r to 170: 3rd pāda. Custodial history: Former o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 346 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/40
Title:: സംബന്ധോക്തി
Scope & Content:: Incomplete copy of a rare, unpublished commentary on Sureśvara's Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttika. The author of the commentary is one Viśvānubhava, none of whose works have been published so far. According to Thangaswami (1980), Viśvānubhava is a disciple of one Pratyagbodha Bhagavant. Copies...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 210 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/41
Title:: ന്യായനിർണ്ണയം
Scope & Content:: An incomplete copy of Ānandagiri's classical commentary on Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya. The copy is in a very poor state of conservation. 28 leaves are missing at the beginning of the bundle. The text is otherwise divided following the four sections (adhyāyas) of the Brahmasūtras, as follows: 29...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 130 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/42
Title:: ശങ്കരവ്യാഖ്യാനത്തോടു കുടിയ ബൃഹദാരണ്യകോപനിഷത് ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A bundle containing the oldest known Upaniṣad, together with its commentary by Śaṅkara. Some folios are missing in the second part, and the manuscript has suffered some damage, but the copy is overall quite extensive. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of origi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 558 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/43
Title:: വിഷ്ണു സംബന്ധിയായ കൃതികളുടേ സമ്മിശ്ര ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains two texts, devoted to the figure of the god Viṣṇu; one is little-known kāvya text, whose author could originate from Kerala; the second is the famous Bhagavadgītā. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 109 leaves. Physica...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 235 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/44
Title:: രഘുവംശപ്രകാശികാ
Scope & Content:: One of the rare bundles in the Thrissur collection containing a commentary on kāvya, namely Aruṇagirinātha's commentary on Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa. The manuscript covers sargas 2 to 13 (the last incomplete), howver with important lacunas. Divisions of the text are as follows: 29 to 33v: 2nd sarga;...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 131 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/45
Title:: ഭാഗവതപുരാണം
Scope & Content:: A hitherto unknown copy of the famous South Indian mythological poem. This copy covers books (skandha) 5 to 9. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 172 leaves (1 blank). Physical characteristics: Size: W 4.3 L 47. 2 string holes; 2 wooden c...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 395 TIFF images

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