The work comprises thirteen select research papers written by Dr K. Vijayan on various aspects of Sanskrit language and literature. Each one of them aims at solving problems or exposing the contents of certain manuscripts inaccessible to the public in general. Of them, Citraramayana is a wonder in pictorial art since it engraves on palm-leaves the entire story of the Ramayana in 318 sequences, a solitary specimen of its kind in the world. Incidentally it contains many features dear to artists and researchers in Sanskrit and Malayalam. The book as a whole opens up certain fresh fields of enquiry for scholars