Asset Catalogues

This is a journal article published in the 2018 is based on a survey conducted across three major manuscript repositories in Keralam, namely 1) Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library, Trivandrum 2) Sree Rama Varma Government Sanskrit College Grantha Library, Trippunithura and 3) The Thunchan Manuscripts Repository, University of Calicut, Kozhikkode. The list is in alphabetical order. The available information is arranged in eight columns. They are 1. Name of the manuscript/ transcript as provided by the repository, 2. Author, 3. Register number of the manuscript as recorded in the library, 4. Size, 5. Total number of pages, 6. Number of lines in a page, 7. Condition of the manuscript, and 8. Remarks about the manuscript. Author details is furnished only if the manuscript contains the corroborative evidence. The register number is given according to the catalogues available in the library ( In some cases, manuscripts are not catalogued and are given ad-hoc numbers like x99). The present condition of the manuscript / transcript such as whether readable, damaged or worm-eaten are also noted. Remarks are based on a quick survey of the manuscripts. In some cases this quick survey suggested different category from the given in catalogue (astronomy as opposed to Mathematics in case of some texts), this is noted wherever it is the case.