Twelve works on various subjects, mainly related to the Thrissur monastic tradition

The bundle contains twelve works. The largest part of the manuscript deals with rituals of saṃnyāsins. These are the follwoing twelve texts: [Cāturmāsyavidhāna] in Malayalam and Sanskrit - end missing (images 0007-0026). [Kṣauravidhi] in Malayalam and Sanskrit - this part also deals with Cāndramāsavidhi, Celasnāna, Bhāvanāpūjā, etc. (images 0027-0054). Saṃnyāsakalpavyākhyā in Malayalam (Bhāṣāvyākhyā), a prescriptive text for saṃnyāsins, discusses śaucavidhi, kaṭisnāna, naimittika, prāyaścitta, abhyāgata, kṛcchra, śāstrārambha, yogapaṭṭa and bhūmidāna (images 0055-0251). Mahāvākyārthabodhaprakāravyākhyā (images 0252-0257). Gurugītā (images 0258-0265). Gaṅgāmāhātmya (from Vāmanapurāṇa) (images 0266-0273). Sureśvara's Pañcīkaraṇavārttika (images 0274-0295). Śrīrudra. A sūkta from the Yajurveda, learnt for specific uses. (images 0296-0325). Malayalam [Daśāvatārakrama] - a brief text correlating the various avatāras of Viṣṇu with different times of the year (images 0326-0331). Tithinirṇaya by Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita. The author wrote in Thanjavur, some time towards the 15th century; author of other prakaraṇas on various topics of Dharmaśāstra (images 0332-0341). Camaka (images 0342-0359). [Prāṇāyāmakrama] in Malayalam (images 0362-0367). [Cāturmāsyavidhāna], [Kṣauravidhi], Mahāvākyārthabodhaprakāravyākhyā, Tithinirṇaya, and [Prāṇāyāmakrama] are incomplete. The manuscript is in good condition.

Extent: 182 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: W 4.6 x L 15.

Condition of original material: Good.

Arrangement: Shelf number 3.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Sureśvara; Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita.

Original institution reference: B0478 (A-L).