The bundle contains the following sixteen texts: Bhāgavatapurāṇa - 12th skandha [f° 6v: end of the 12th adhyāya in the 12th skandha] (images 0007-0022). Followed by a rare Advaita work called Bhāṣyārthasaṃgraha by Brahmānanda Yati, disciple of Viśveśvarānanda (images 0023-0054). Ācāranirṇaya attributed to Śaṅkarācārya - unpublished text on the 64 anācāras of Kerala Brahmins, i.e. ācāras which are not observed in other parts of India (images 0055-0057). Laghvī Vṛtti by Padmapāda, a disciple of Śaṅkarabhagavatpāda (images 0058). Vighneśvaropaniṣad (images 0059-0064). [Brief Vedāntic tract mentioning Hastāmalaka] - quotation from Hastāmalaka is found on f° 2r (images 0066-0069). [Invocations to Viṣṇu] (images 0070-0071). [Short philosophical text in ślokas, related to Garuḍa; the margin gives the title as "Vāsiṣtham"] (images 0072-0093). A fragment of the Vedāntasāra by Sadānanda - beginning of the work (images 0094-0095). Ātmabodha attributed to Śaṅkara (images 0096-0107). Unpublished [Praṇavasamādhividhi] - a brief text on Vedāntic meditation, from āsana to kaivalya, probably an instruction for monks in the Thrissur tradition (images 0108-0127). Vaiyāsikanyāyamālā by Bhāratītīrtha / Vidyāraṇya [f° 42v: end of 1.1; f° 44v: end of 1.2; f° 47r: end of 1.3; f° 49r: end of 1st adhyāya; f° 51v: end of 2.1; f° 53v: end of 2.2; f° 57r: end of 2.3; f° 60r: end of 3.1; f° 61v: end of 3.2; f° 68r: end of 3.3; f° 72r: end of 3rd adhyāya; f° 75r: end of 4.1; f° 77r: end of 4.2; f° 78r: end of 4.3; f° 79v: end of 4th adhyāya, two stray leaves numbered f° 8 and 9 follow, containing invocations to the Sun under various names - Savitṛ, Sūrya, Pūṣan, etc.] (images 0128-0207). Ūrdhvapuṇḍramāhātmya (images 0208-0214). [Saṃnyāsācāra] dealing with the various duties of saṃnyāsin on their way to jīvanmukti (images 0216-0222). [Śāstrārambha] describing rituals to be observed by the discple before receiving the teaching from his guru (images 0224-0247). Ṛṣabhakṣetramāhātmya from Narasiṃhapurāṇa (images 0248-0266). Bhāgavatapurāṇa - 12th skandha and a [Brief Vedāntic tract mentioning Hastāmalaka] are incomplete. The manuscript in most of the parts is damaged. The stray leaves in the bundle deal with various topics: one bearing the title jñānātmaprakāśinī, others with medical treatments using kurantoṭṭi, cittamrtu, irattimathuram, and other medical products; one leaf contains some invocations to the Sun; the remaning ones discuss the rites connected with the Śāstrārambha.
Extent: 130 leaves (13 stray leaves).
Size and dimensions of original material: W 4.3 x L 25.8; W 4.3 x L 24.
Condition of original material: Damaged, worm-eaten, some parts good.
Arrangement: Shelf number 3.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Brahmānanda Yati (disciple of Viśveśvarānanda); Śaṅkarācārya (attributed); Padmapāda (disciple of Śaṅkarabhagavatpāda); Sadānanda; Śaṅkara (attributed); Bhāratītīrtha; Vidyāraṇya.
Original institution reference: B0574 (A-P).
