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About The Present List
In the present descriptive list of manuscripts, there are ten columns. The first
column is serial number. The last column contains the detailed remarks about the
condition of the manuscript, new findings regarding the subject, details regarding
whether the text is complete or not etc. The remaining columns (i.e. from second to
the ninth) contain the title, the manuscript number as is given in the outer cover of
the manuscript, size, number of folios, number of lines in each folio, number of
letters per line, script and the language of the manuscript.
There are two written catalogues available in the Thunchan Manuscripts Library
which have not been published yet. The present list mentions catalogue prepared by
Dr. M. M. Purushottaman Nair as Written catalogue Book-1 and the one prepared
by Sri. Edamana Kesavan Namboothiri as Book-2, for convenience.