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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1034/2/1/103
Title:: ༄༅།།ཆོས་མངོན་པ་ཀུན་ལས་བཏུས་པ་ཤིང་རྟ་ཆེན་པོ་འཕགས་པ་ཐོགས་མེད་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པ་བཞུགས་སོ།།
Scope & Content:: "The Compendium of the Higher Philosophical Teaching" widely known by it's sanskrit title Abhidharmasamuccaya (Toh. 4049). Author: Asanga (4th century). The only extant Abhidharma treatise written from the Mahayanistic point of view. Extent and format of original material: 1r-104r. Physical ch...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:: 105 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/6
Title:: ന്യായദീപികാ
Scope & Content:: 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....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 202 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/18
Title:: തൃശ്ശൂർ സംസ്ക്കാര സംബന്ധിയായ സാമഗ്രികൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 305 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/19
Title:: അദ്വൈതകൃതികളുടേ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 350 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/20
Title:: പത്തു പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട ഉപനിഷത്തുകൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/30
Title:: അദ്വൈതം, ഭക്തി, ആചാരം അടങ്ങിയ സമ്മിശ്ര ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle containing a large variety of works: Advaitic treatises (some little known), devotional works, extracts from epics and other classical Sanskrit works, ritual instructions, etc. Most probably the private property of a monk, possibly used for teaching or self-study. Custodial h...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 336 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/32
Title:: സന്ന്യാസ സംബന്ധിയായ വിവിധ കൃതികള്
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains a large number of smaller works, generally dealing with the duties and devotion of saṃnyāsins: ritual instructions, devotional works, smaller philosophical works, etc. The copy was ordered in 1916 (Kollam 1092) by the head (Swamiyar) of the Thekke Madham. Custodial history: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 361 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

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