Composite bundle with ritual, religious and philosophical texts connected to the Thrissur monastic tradition. The manuscript contains the following seventeen works: Saṃnyāsakalpavyākhyā (Bhāṣāvyākhyā) in Malayalam (images 0005-0016). Yogapaṭṭam Caṭaṅku in Malayalam (images 0016-0100). Mahāvākyavivekavyākhyā by Rāmakṛṣṇa, a disciple of Vidyāraṇya - a commentary on the 5th prakaraṇa of Vidyāraṇya's Pañcadaśī (images 0102-0109). [Fragment of a Vedāntic text] - the text ends with a quote of Bhagavadgītā 13.3ab (images 0110-0115). [Ritual instructions for samnyāsins] in Malayalam (images 0116-0120). [Ritual instructions for samnyāsins] (images 0122-0125). Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotra attributed to Śaṅkara [explicit here: bhagavatpādācāryakṛtaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram, end of the text] (images 0126-0133). Paramahaṃsopaniṣad - one of the saṃnyāsa upaniṣads (images 0134-0141). [Vaiṣṇava mantras] (images 0142-0149). [Instruction for the celebration of Aṣṭamīrohiṇī] in Malayalam|Sanskrit (images 0150-0153). Brahmasūtrabhāṣya - Catuḥsūtrī by Śaṅkara (images 0154-0187). Dṛgdṛśyaviveka attributed to Śaṅkara (images 0188-0197). [Abhyāgatam] in Malayalam (images 0198-0203). Vākyavṛtti attributed to Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda (images 0204-0221). [Vaiṣṇava mantras] (images 0222-0227). Śrīkṛṣṇāṣṭottara (images 0228-0233). [Naivedyam (ritual for saṃnyāsis)] in Malayalam|Sanskrit (images 0234-0236). Most of the texts are incomplete. The manuscript is in good condition, with some minor damage on the side. There are fifteen stray leaves in the bundle. Content of the stray leaves: Vedāntic topics related to saṃnyāsa; one leaf belongs to Siddhikalpa, one leaf has the end of the Paramahaṃsopaniṣad; other leaves contain salutations to the gurus, narasiṃhayantra, topics of astrology, as well as some information on the date on which the king gave a grant to the Naṭuvil Madham; also present: mantras, instructions on saṃnyāsibhīkṣā, and one line of a work called Ātmabodhadīpikā.
Extent: 135 leaves (1 blank leaf, 15 stray leaves).
Size and dimensions of original material: W 3.3 x L 17.3; W 3.6 x L 17.6; W 3.6 x L 17.7; W 3.5 x L 17.7; W 3.6 x L 17.5; W 3.6 x L 18; W 3.7 x L 17.7; W 3.6 x L 18.9; W 3.6 x L 18.5; W 3.7 x L 19.4; W 2.8 x L 18.8; W 4 x L 15.1; W 4 x L 15.
Condition of original material: Good, but some minor damage on the side.
Arrangement: Shelf number 3.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Rāmakṛṣṇa (disciple of Vidyāraṇya); Śaṅkara (attributed) - [explicit on text G: bhagavatpādācāryakṛtaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram at end of the text].
Original institution reference: B0610 (A-Q).
