The bundle contains eighteen works on Jyotiṣa, mostly composed in Malayalam with some Sanskrit. These are: Bṛhajjātaka by Varāhamihira (images 0242-0304); Muhūrtapadavī [two works] (images 0350-0357; 0358-0371). Horaśāstram (treatise on horoscopes, predictive astrology) [two works] (images 0372-0379; 0466-0467). Muhūrtadarśana (also called Vidyāmādhavīya) by Vidyāmādhava (images 0380-0453). Twelve other fragmentary texts on Jyotiṣa (images 0306-307; 0308-0313; 0314-0337; 0338-0349; 0454-0455; 0456-0465; 0468-0470; 0472-0477; 0478-0479; image 0480; image 0481; 0482-0492). Most of these texts are incomplete. The manuscript is partly damaged.
Extent: 131 leaves (5 stray leaves).
Size and dimensions of original material: W 4.5 x L 35.
Condition of original material: Generally good but some damaged, brittle or needs new inking.
Arrangement: Shelf number 2.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Varāhamihira; Vidyāmādhava.
Scribe(s): Nīlakaṇṭha; Maṭupalli.
Original institution reference: B0341 (A-R).
