21. Malayalam works on Tantra

There have been many original adapted and translated versions of standard Tantric works into Malayalam besides religious based one commenteries in the vernacular. Some of the important ones from among them deserves special mention and is listed here in the 51

order of primacy. 47 Kriyadipika or Putayurbhasa of Vasudevan Nampoothiri of Poonthottattu 121 48. Kuzhikkattupacca of Mahesvaran Bhattatiripadu 122 49. Saparivaram pujaka! of Narayanan Nampoothiri 123 50. Tantradarpana of Mangalappalli Sankaran Nampoothiri 124 51. Durga Kalasa 125 52. Bhasatantra of C.Veluvaidyan 126 53. Tantraratna (anonymous) 127 This is a little known Tantric work whose author is not traceable since the first few pages of the extant book are missing. The old text of the printed work is available but there is no indication what so ever is the text for its Malayalam commentary about the author. However the numbering of the pages in Malayalam numericals typical of the 19th and early 20th centurys leads us to conclude that the work must have been written during that period. The language of the book in vernacular learning a close resemblance to other Tantric works of the period like Tantraratnavali and Laghupujaratna also support the above conclusion. This may be considered a work of distinctive and rare Keralite origin since it is not found mention in any of the works on Malayalam literary history or among the books listed in the stocks of important libraries in Kerala on Tantra. 52