It contains information on medicine in the forms of solution/suspension, powder, and oinments, for Rheumatic fever, Cough, Chronic dyspepsia, Apo plexy, Syphilis, Ascites, Diarrhea, Hepatitis, Fever, Struma, and rules for pulse examination and spells/mantras. There is no protective cover. Manusc...
It contains information on rules for pulse examination, medicines for several diseases, methods on application of medicines, spells/mantras used for plucking herbs, spells/mantras, sorcery/thaumaturgy (the art of exercising and evoking paranormal powers by means of mantras) and additionally a bo...
This collection contains 2 files. It includes both religious texts and medical knowledge. Extent: 662.0. Custodial history: The collection is in the Chavakacheri Hindu College library. Currently, Nadarasa Sarweswaran serves as the principal. The whole collection was collected by teachers and s...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript includes a protective cover (possibly made by Teak wood with artwork). It is in a good state. Extent: 490.0. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39 cm, W 4.0 cm. Original institution refere...
This is a medical palm-leaf manuscript, starts as 'Vetrivēlayutha Māthirai'. It's stated that the manuscript was written by Sinnavan Sinnathambi with others on 18th November, 1917. It contains methods of making different kinds of herbal powders. Palm leaves are numbered, but several pages are n...
This collection contains 14 files. It includes religious texts, birth charts and medical knowledge. Extent: 5414.0. Custodial history: The manuscript dates from the Ulaganathakurukkal era. Therefore, the age of the manuscript is 400 years. The old manuscript was written by Sellakkurukkal...
The manuscript is titled as 'Kantha Puranam'. It includes a protective cover, which is possibly made by Neem wood (with artwork). It is mentioned that it was written on 21st March, 1785 and it belongs to Kerudavil Kurukkal M. Sinnaiya. Price of the manuscript is mentioned as 20 rupees with the n...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “”Makāpāratam. from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1700-1800. It contains the stories from the epic Makāpāratam. The manuscript has ten subtitles, namely Ātiparuvam, Cāpaparuvam, Āraṇiya paruvam, Vir...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Irāmāyaṇam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1900-1950. It is related to the epic Irāmāyaṇa. The first page of the manuscript contains the details of the author’s mother and siblings’ death dates...
This material is a Tamil and Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript titled “Kumpāpiṣēka kāppu “from Northern Province, Sri Lanka This manuscript severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible to determine the author, exact age, title, content of the manuscript. However, it is estimated t...
