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A passing reference alone will do about his Pragasti compositions. Mätamahisa prasasti (a panegyric of Vira Kerala Varma of Cochin), Bimbalīša prasasti (on Göda Varma of Vatakkumkur), Davanärāyana prasasti (on Dēvanārāyana of Ampalapuzha), and Māoa Vikrama prasasti (on Manavikrama, Zamorin of Calicut) are minor works composed in honour of these royal patrons.
Sastraic works :-Among his sastraic works the more important are the Prakriyasarvasva and the Mänameyodaya. As indicated above 'Prakriyāsarvasva' is a comprehensive work on Sanskrit grammar written at the instance of Davanārāyana of Ampalapuzha, The work is assigned to the year 1617. It is divided into 20 sections and covers the whole of Ashtadhyayi of Pānini. It is a lucid and clear commentary of the sutras of the Ashtādhyāyi. The author has taken care to include the views of earlier writers as far as possible. The non-paniaiyan systems have also been duly recognised. On the whole, Prakriyāsarvasva' is a masterly and comprehensive manual of Sanskrit grammar. Its benedictory verse is well-known as exemplifying Bhattatiri's capacity for poetic expression even in a work on grammar.
रासविलासविलोल भजत मुरारे मनोरम रूपम् ।
प्रकृतिषु यत् प्रत्ययवत् प्रत्येकं गोपिकासु सम्मिलितम् ।।
'Dhātukāvya' and 'Apāninīyaprāmanya' are two other minor grainmatical works composed by Bhattatiri. Dhātukävya is a work in 3 sargas and 248 verses. An illustration each of every verbal root in Sanskrit is given in this work. Apāniniyaprāmanya is a short essay in defence of non-pāņiniya usages in Sanskrit.
'Manamēyodaya': Reference has been made to Bhattatiri's scholarship in Mimāmsa and his proficiency in 'Nyāya sastra'. The 'måna' part of the work Mānaměyodaya reveals his attainments in Purvamımımsa. The 'mēya' part was added to it by a name-sake of his, afterwards.
Works like "Kriyakrama', a short treatise dealing with rituals of Nampuri Brahmins of Asvaláyana section, 'Chaturangăshtaka', on the game of chess, show the variety of themes of Bhattatiri's
