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1. EAP1039/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1
Title:
Sanskrit and Malayalam Manuscripts from the Thrissur Monastic Complex
Scope & Content:
This collection adds up the general manuscripts collection of the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (B-), which is the result of the accretion, at various periods of time, of manuscripts from the four Śaṅkaran monastic institutions of the city of Thrissur (Central Kerala), as well as various other small...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1600-1920
Extent:
54 files containing 11931 TIFF images

2. EAP1039/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/1
Title:
ശബരഭാഷ്യം
Scope & Content:
An ancient work on Mīmāṃsā (Vedic hermeneutics). The bundle contains 5 books (adhyāyas) of Śabarasvāmin's (presumably) 5th-century commentary on the Mīmāṃsāsūtras, namely books 2,3,5,7 and a fragment of book 4. The manuscript thus contains approximately half of the work. The foliation is organis...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
369 TIFF images

3. EAP1039/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/5
Title:
വേദാന്ത കൃതികളുടേ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:
Bundle comprising an important Vedāntic text, followed by invocations. The bundle starts with one stray leaf, with a fragment of Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 100 leaves. Physical characteristics: Size: W...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
213 TIFF images

4. EAP1039/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/9
Title:
പ്രമാണരത്നമാലാനിബന്ധനം
Scope & Content:
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 The work, which is still unpublished, is sometimes known under the name °nibandha.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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
101 TIFF images

5. EAP1039/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/10
Title:
ദാർശനിക സംബന്ധിയായ കൃതികളുടെ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
203 TIFF images

6. EAP1039/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/11
Title:
തപതീസംവരണവിവരണം
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
134 TIFF images

7. EAP1039/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/12
Title:
കൈവല്യദീപികാ
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
132 TIFF images

8. EAP1039/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/13
Title:
നാരായണോപനിഷത് വിവരണം
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
111 TIFF images

9. EAP1039/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/15
Title:
ഭാമതീ (ബ്രഹ്മസൂത്രഭാഷാവ്യാഖ്യാനം)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1700-1850
Extent:
460 TIFF images

10. EAP1039/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1039/1/16
Title:
അദ്വൈതകൃതികളുടേ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
194 TIFF images