4 CANDRAdCHAYAdAjsiITAM Manuscript material The present edition of Candracchayaganita and its auto-commentary is based on the only three manuscripts of the text and one manuscript of the commentary thus far identified, all of them being preserved in the Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library of the Kerala University. Trivandrum. A. Ms. No. 5862-B, a well-preserved palmleaf manuscript in Malayalam script procured from Shri Tuppan Nampntiri of the Ponnorkkoftu Mana, an old family of traditional scholars of Central Kerala. It contains both the text and the commentary. The manu- script is inked and the writing is very readable. However, it is not dated nor is any mention made of the scribe. The codex 1 contains the following three works, all on astronomy : LaghukalBrpanam, an anonymous karana work, Candracchayaganita, with auto-commentary, being the work edited here, and Uparagakriyakrama, an anonymous work on the computation of eclipses according to procedures enunciated by Nllakantha (Somayajl), as stated in its opening verse : B. Uncatalogued folios 173-77 'of Ms. No. 5877, being a codex of astronomical works including Nllakantha SomayajI's Golasara and Siddhantadarpana. The manuscript is well preserved, but it is not dated nor any mention of the scribe made. The text alone of Candracchayaganita is contained herein. C. Ms. No. 475-1, occurring in a codex of astronomical works procured from Nareri Mana (Kutalhlr Mana), a reputed scholarly family of Nampntiri brahmans in Central Kerala. The manuscript is old, brittle and frayed at the edges. It is inked and the writing is very legible, though not attractive. It contains only the textual verses which, how- ever, are accurately-inscribed. The works contained in the codex are : A. Aryabhatiyam, B. Mahabhaskariyam, C. Laghubhaskariyam, D. Siddh- Qntadarpanam, E. Tantrasahgraha, F. Lilavati, G. Pancabodha, H. Laghu- mdnasa, I. Candracchayaganita, J. Goladipika, and K. Grahana$taka. 1. A transcript of this codex is available also in the Govt. Or. Mss. Library, Madras, No. 5185 a,b,c.
