शिल्परत्नं - Silparatna of Srikumara (Set of 2 Volumes)

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Two palm leaf manuscripts of this work on Malayalam characters, one from the Palace Library and the other from the Manalikkara madom in south Travancore were obtained. Both of them being full of errors, I searched for another manuscript that might prove useful for correcting the text, but could not for a long time find out one. The avail-able manuscripts were however examined for the press and also taken up for printing with the hope that the edition, though based on incorrect manuscripts might in a way remove the want of materials now felt by the students of Indian arts.

When the first part was fully printed, Mr. Parameswaran Nampudiripad of Kanipayoor, belonging to Kunnamkulam in Cochin state, an expert of ancient Silpa, chanced to see me and informed me that he had in his possession a better copy of the Silparatna. He could not how-ever comply with my request for a loan of his manuscript, but was kind enough to compare his copy with the printed forms and send me the variant readings. Unfortunately even before the collation was finished, death snatched him away and his disciple Mr.R.Sankara Varier completed that work left unfinished by his teacher. Thus the variants from the Kanipayoor manuscript designated were obtained. Later on another manuscript of the first part was procured from the Raja of Chirakkal, North Malabar and the readings of this manuscript were also taken. All the variants of the manuscripts and are added as an appendix to the first part now issued. An edition of the second part based on all available manuscripts will be published before long.

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