B: Karanottama of Acyuta with auto-commentary; and C. Sphutanirnaya of Acyuta with auto-commentary, edited here.
3. Ms. C : No C.964-B of the above Library, described in the above-mentioned Catalogue, vol. IV, pp. 1525-26. The ms. originally belonged to Shri Isanan Damodaran Bhattatiri, Ampalapuzha (Alleppey, South Kerala). It is well preserved and has few scribal errors. The codex contains the following works: A. Nyayaratna ; B. Sphutanirņaya with commentary, edited here : C. Jatakadesamarga of Putumana Somayaji ; and D. Karaņottama of Acyuta.
4. Ms. D : No. C. 1945-B of the above Library, procured from Shri Jayantan Bhaskaran Mussatu, Vattappalli, Kumaranallur (Kerala) and described on pp. 1691-92 of vol. IV of the abovementioned Catalogue. The ms. is legibly inscribed, is well preserved and has few scribal errors. The codex contains the following works: A. Lilavati of Bhaskara; B. Sphutanirnaya with commentary edited here; and C. Aryabhatiya (incomplete).
5. Ms. E: No. R. 3799 (b) of the Government Oriental Mss. Library, Madras, a paper transcript in Grantha Script, prepared in 1921-22, from a palmleaf ms. in Malayalam script, preserved in the collection of Shri Ittiri Vāriyar of Kārakkātu Vāriyam, Kavaļappāra, Shoranur (North Kerala). The transcript is replete with errors, due, possibly, to the Grantha copyist not deciphering the original ms. properly. At the close of the ms. is found the following post-colophonic statement, which, among other things, gives the name of the scribe as Rudra :
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akşaram yat paribhraştam matrahinam tu yad bhavet / |
Rudrena likhitam idam pustakam. Sri-gurave namah. Sri-Daksinamartye namah. Sri-Mahaganapataye namah, Sri-sarasyatyai namah.
6. F: A manuscript belonging to the Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura (Central Kerala). The manuscript is well preserved and legible but the text contained is full of scribal errors. The collation sheets kindly supplied by the Principal of the College have been made use of in recording the variants from this manuscript.
7. Ms. G : A ms. in the collection of the Kāņippayyūr Mana, Kunnamkulam (Central Kerala), loaned by Shri Subrahmanyan
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