INTRODUCTION 6 xix भटप्रकाशिकेत्येषा वृत्तिरार्यभटस्य सा । लिखिता रामनाम्नाऽद्य मया नृपतिजन्मना ॥ The codex contains one more work, being no. 2320-B, Kusalayopakhyanaт, in 12 chs., from the Asvamedhikaparvan of the Jaiminibharata. This is followed by a detailed account of the expenses incurred and the materials used for the Ankurarpana ceremony at a festival at the temple of God Srivallabha at Tiruvalla in South Kerala, in Kollam era 711 (= A.D. 1535). Cf. its beginning: Kollam 711-ntam Mithuna-ñayiru 21-ām tiyati astamiccu Tiruvalla Vazhamatilakattu mula itatinu ezhutiya kanakku. The account is incomplete and exhibits a few lacunae indicating that what we have here is only a copy of the accounts copied from a defective original which was, obviously, dated in M.E. 711 (=A.D. 1536). D. Ms. No. C. 2475-A, described in the Des. Cata. of Skt. Mss. of the Curator's Office, Trivandrum, Vol. IV, pp. 1365-66, under Cata. No. 644, 59 ff., 30 cm. X 5 cm., with 13 lines a page and about 45 letters per line. The writing, though close, is very legible and attractive. The ms. has been inked and revised at least twice, the first revision having been inked and the second uninked. The original from which this ms. has been copied should have contained a large number of breaks and omissions, for all of which space has been scrupulously left by the scribe of the present ms. The ms. is not dated but the folios are mellowed by age and use; it cannot be less than a hundred years old. This ms. too belonged, originally, to the royal library of Edappalli in Central Kerala. The works contained in the codex are: A. Aryabhatiya with the com. of Suryadeva Yajvan; B. Aryabhatiya text, upto Ganita, 2. Then follow a few miscellaneous tracts including some astronomi cal constants for the year Kollam 1009 (=A.D. 1834). Possibly, the ms. belongs to this period. E. Ms. No. C. 2121 C and D, described in the Des. Cata. of Skt. Mss. of the Curator's Office, Trivandrum, Vol. IV, pp. 1577-79, under Cata. Nos. 729 C and D, 54 ff., 35 cm. x 6 cm., with 13 to 14 lines a Page and about 50 to 55 letters a line. The ms. is inked and revised and the writing is very readable. It belonged originally to the private library of a family of astronomical scholars, the Mañgalappalli Illam, Aranmula, in southern Kerala.
