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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. A major part of the manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -189...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘ Periya Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Major part of this manuscript is damaged and deteriorated rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original manuscript. Ho...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. A major part of the manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -1899. It is related to lite...
There are 17 files in this collection. Mantras, mythology, Ammanai, and medical information are all included in the collection. Extent: 3018.0. Custodial history: The manuscript collection is in the district secretariat Batticoloa. The manuscripts were gifted by various people at different tim...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Vaikunta am'māṇai” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is related to Mahabharata. The manuscript written by Ka.Pa.Nākaṇṭāppōṭi was on the date 29th month Thai (January) year Viṣa varuṭam (name of the year). The manuscript contains the stor...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Periya Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kantappōṭi son of Mārkkaṇṭappōṭiyār to his daughter Intirāṇi. It is written on 20th October 1969. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’ is about songs that describes the birth...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. Thokipodi in 1719. This manuscript is about Ayurvedha medicine. It describes about flatulence, burn injuries, mental illness and psoriasis. It follows 17th century writing style. This...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kūṉāttaippiḷḷai on 16th January 1916. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’ is about songs that describes the birth and marriage of Lord Muruga with Valli. The songs are written in a...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Ariccantiraṉ katai, from Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is written by Māṉākappōṭi in 1787. This manuscript contains the story of Ariccantiraṉ.It mentions about the whole story of Ariccantiraṉ and Chandramathy. The protective cover made of palmy...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The manuscript talks about Lord Ram and his glory. The manuscript was written by Ka. Ciṉṉattampi, and ki.Vīrakkuṭṭi on 19th June 1889. It has 516 songs on 258 pages. The letters are clear to read. It is written in ...
