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).
