A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts in the Kannada Research Institute, Dharwad

Vol.1 Puranas, religion and Dharmasastra / by R.S. Panchamukhi; with the assistance of A.M. Annigeri 1953. - iv, ii, 132 p. 57 mss. Puranas no. 1-19; religion no. 20-56; Dharmasastra no. 57; nos. 8,56 and 57 are in Sanskrit with Kannada commentaries. Vol.II Kavyas / ed. by S.S. Malwad and B.S. Kulkarni 1955. iv, 125 p. 44 Kannada mss. Title A-Z. Vol.III ed. by B.S. Kulkarni. 1957. xii, 119 p. 48 Kannada and Sanskrit mss. deals with religious works, stotras, katha literature, astrology, etc. Vol.IV ed. by A.M. Annigeri and S.B. Purohit. 1961. 5, 4, 180 p. 75 Kannada and Sanskrit mss. deals with Brahmanical, Virasaiva and Jaina puranas, devotional songs and vachanas, yakshaganas, philosophical treatise, subhasitas, medicine, astrology, etc. Vol.V: Religion-Virasaiva and Jaina / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni and S.B. Purohit 1964. xvii, 147 p. 80 Kannada and Sanskrit mss. In addition, there are a few works on grammar and lexicography in Sanskrit with commentary in Kannada. Vol.VI Virasaiva religion, philisophy, etc. / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni and S.B. Purohit. 1965. xviii, 166 p. 85 Kannada mss. In addition there are a few mss. on Jainism, Vaisnava doctrine, prosody, etc. Vol.VII Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni and S.B. Purohit. 1967. xvi, 169 p. 83 Kannada mss. deals with subjects: guru, linga, jangama, astavarana, satasthala etc.; also a few deal with Jaina philosophy. Vol.VIII Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni and S.B. Purohit 1968. xii, 196 p. 78 Kannada mss. Includes, a few works on Jaina and Vaisnava religion and literature, grammar, medicine, etc. Vol.IX Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni and S.B. Purohit. 1970. v, iii, 166p. 72 Kannada mss. Includes also a few mss. on Jaina and Vaisnava doctrines, katha sahitya. Vol.X Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni; asst. by S.B. Purohit. 1976. xi, iv, ii, 146 p. 51 Kannada mss. Also includes 3 works on Jaina faith and 3 works based on the epics. Vol.XI Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni; asst. by C.B. Kedagota and K.P. Eranna. 1982. ii 171 p. 68 Kannada mss. Also includes a few on kavyas, puranas, sastras, ayurveda, jyotisa, janapada,etc. Vol.XII Virasaiva religion and philosophy / ed. by B.S. Kulkarni, asst. by C.B. Kedagota and K.P. Eranna. 1983. 146 p. 65 Kannada mss. Also includes a few mss. on sahitya, chandas, jyotisa, ayurveda, etc. Detailed description of 806 Kannada and Sanskrit mss. with extracts and notes, Title A-Z. Each volume contains list of authors. The institution has about 300 Sanskrit and 4000 Kannada mss.

(Detailed descriptions of Skt. and Kann. Mss. with beg., endings, notes, and indices.. and 300 in Skt. "; vol. 5: 2,500 Mss.) l. 1953: By R. S. Panchamukhi and A. M. Annigeri (4,IV, II, 132 pp. with Mss. 1-57), 2. 1955: B y S. S. Malwad and B. S. Kulkarni (XII, 125 pp. with Mss. 1-44), 3. 1957: By B. S. Kulkarni and B. A. Saletore (XII, 119 pp., 48 Mss.), 4. 1961: A. M. Annigeri, S. B. Purohit, B. A. Saletore (5, 4, 180pp., 75 Mss), 5. 1964: P. B. Desai, B. S. Kulkarni, S. B. Purohit (XVII, 147pp., 80 Mss).