20. An assortment Sanskrit works on Tantra

In addition to the works listed above, there are numerous Tantric works related to rites and rituals like installation, consecration, · purification, renovation, expiations, measurements, Mantras, Dhvaja (flag staff), temple, theatres etc. Most of these groups are explanations and expositions on specific subjects taken from original treaties by authorities. The following are some of the titles belonging to this category. Uttamabrahmavidyasara, Jirnoddhara, Tantrasiddhi, Tantranusthanakrama, Narayanatmakam, Bimbalaksanam, 50

Brahmatantrika [Brahmatantrikam], Puspanjali-vidhana [Puspanjalividhanam], Pujakalasodbhavaprakara, Kaumarabali, Kalitantram, Dvadasyaradhania, Mandalacatuskalaksanam, Prayogaratnamala, Mahaganapati-kalpa [Mahaganapatikalpam], Balikalpam, Mahasammohana-tantra [Mahasammohanatantram], Matr-sadbhava [Matrsadbhavam], Vijayabalikalpa, Nagabali-kalpa, Kukkutakalpa [Kukkutakalpam], Murtitraya-kalpa [Murttitrayakalpam], Skanda-sadbava [Skandasadbavam], Dhvajapratisthavidhi, Sastrpujakrama, Visnusastrupujakrama, Visnupujakrama, Parvatyupasanakrama, Raktacamundi-kalpa [Raktacamundikalpam], Avahati-kalpa [Avahatikalpam], Kriyakramadyotika, Tantranirnaya, Ksetrapalajirnoddhara, Prayoga-ratnakara [Prayogaratnakaram], Vanadurgakalpa, Tantrasamuccayasilpabhaga, Srimurti-laksana [Srimurtilaksanam], Kesavadicaturdasamurti-laksana [Kesavadicaturdasamurtilaksanam], a Rudradimantrakrama, Astamurtilaksna etc. Seen in the background of the importance assigned to Tantra into traditional Kerala society, it is a safe guess that there could have been many more Tantric and related works and works on art, architecture, murals, iconography, sculpture etc. in Kerala which remain untraced and unpublished and, in many cases lost due to neglect which is the direct offshoot of the influence of modernity.