Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Project / Collection: Sri Lankan Tamil Palm-Leaf Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/20
Title:: சோதிடம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil verse in the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. It addresses the subject of astrology. It is dated to Nov. 22nd 1912. This is a translation of a Sanskrit text into Tamil. Extent: 156.0. Size and dimensio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 156

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/21
Title:: பெயரகராதி
Scope & Content:: This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil verse in the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. It is a glossary of Tamil proper nouns. From the letter a to v the words also have meanings listed.This is an important source as it shows the circulation of...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 350

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/22
Title:: யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written by Amirtacākarar. It is written in Tamil verse during the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. It is a copy of an ancient Tamil grammatical work and conists of three chapters. It describes the Tamil grammar str...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 152

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/23
Title:: மருத்துவம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil verse in the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. Its contents are with regards to medicine. It is an elaborate guide to various salt based - pūnīṟu, calcinated medicine -cuṇṇam, paṟpam, centūram preparati...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 124

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/24
Title:: சிவ கவசம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This text belongs to a genre of Tamil Saivite devotional poetry called the Kavacam. The text could either be one part of the larger 16th C text piramōttara kāṇṭam created in Tamilnadu, from which it was separately published. Some so...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 22

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/1/25
Title:: சூடாமணி நிகண்டு
Scope & Content:: This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This text belongs to a genre of Tamil Saivite devotional poetry called the Kavacam. The text could either be one part of the larger 16th C text piramōttara kāṇṭam created in Tamilnadu, from which it was separately published. Some so...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 118

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/2
Title:: சுப்பிரமணியம் வேலுப்பிள்ளை சேகரம்
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 15 files.The collection contains medical information. Extent: 3380.0. Custodial history: The material was obtained from Subramaniyam Veluppillai who was a traditional siddha medical doctor . All are their hereditary leaves.The custodian considers that the collection co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1900
Extent:: 3380

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/2/1
Title:: அகத்தியர் வைத்திய பூரணம் 205; அங்காதிபாதம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This is a Tamil verse work written in Tamil script. This manuscript is identified to be a compilations of two other known manuscripts, namely Aakattiyar Vaittiya Pūraṇam 205 and Aṅkātipātam. It could not be determin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1900
Extent:: 578

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/2/2
Title:: மருந்துகள், குளிகைகள், சூரணம், லேகியம், குடிநீர் , நெய், அஞ்சனம், பற்பம், காயம் முதலியனவும் மூலிகை சாபநீக்க மந்திரம் ,மாட்டு வைத்தியம்
Scope & Content:: This material contains two palm-leaf manuscripts from Palai, Sri Lanka. These are Tamil verse works written in Tamil script. The provenance is unknown. It contains information on chants, apparatus for medical procedures, medicines, the art of listening to the pulse for diagnosis. Extent: 342.0....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1900
Extent:: 342

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/2/3
Title:: மருந்துகள் , மந்திரம் , யந்திரங்கள் , நாடி சூத்திரம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Palai, Sri Lanka. The provenance is unknown. It is written in Tamil verse in Tamil script. This is a medical text. The material has minor loss. It contains descriptions regarding medicines, magic incantations, and palm reading practices. Extent...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1800-1900
Extent:: 194

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