The bundle contains fourteen works on saṃnyāsa and Advaita-Vedānta: Saṃnyāsakalpavyākhyā - a normative text of the Thrissur monastic tradition. The text is incomplete. Sanskrit|Malayalam (images 0009-0050). Instructions in Malayalam for the performance of Vaidika rituals [instructions for Nityācāra, Naimittika, Abhyāgata, Kṣauram and other rites] (images 0051-0110). Instructions for pūjā, with prayers addressed to the Guru, Gaṇapati, Kṛṣṇa, Vedavyāsa, Śaṅkarācārya. This text is incomplete. In Malayalam (images 0111-0131). Instructions for the beginning of studies (śāstrārambha). The ceremony starts with kaulikavandanam, then chanting of śaṅkaravimalabhāṣyam with ṭīkā, and ślokas dedicated to Viṣṇu. Sanskrit|Malayalam (images 0132-0153). Yogapaṭṭa Vidhāna. This text is incomplete. Sanskrit|Malayalam (images 0154-0166). Bhūmidāna [gift of land for the practice of saṃnyāsa] in Malayalam (part F images 0167-0174). Mahāvākyaprakaraṇa (a chapter of a larger work). This text is incomplete. (images 0175-0207). '[Gṛhasthasaṃnyāsa]' - this text is incomplete. Sanskrit|Malayalam (images 0208-0215). Pañcīkaraṇavārttika by Sureśvara (images 0216-0232). Praṇavārthaprakāśikā (images 0232-0237). Pañcīkaraṇavārttika by Sureśvara (images 0238-0249). '[Fragment of an Advaitic commentary, on a work in ślokas]' - this text is incomplete (images 0250-0271). Ritual instructions for saṃnyāsa - this work is followed by 16 stray leaves, on different topics: prayers, udakakriyā, horoscopes, avatāras, saṃnyāsa, etc. In Malayalam (images 0272-0275). '[Instructions for saṃnyāsa ritual]'. This text is incomplete. 'The work is followed by 16 stray leaves, on different topics: prayers, udakakriyā, horoscopes, avatāras, saṃnyāsa, etc.' (?) In Malayalam|Sanskrit (images 0276-0278).
Extent: 157? leaves (2 blank leaves, 4 stray leaves).
Size and dimensions of original material: W 4 x L 17.5.
Condition of original material: Generally good, some leaves broken or damaged.
Arrangement: Shelf number 2.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Sureśvara.
Original institution reference: B0273 (A-N).
