Title in original script: எழுத்தாணி Stylus used for inscribing the scripts on the palm leaves. It is made of brass partly covered with a sheet of white lead. Size of the stylus: 18,9cm x 1,8cm
Title in original script: கத்தி Knife with decoration used for inscribing the scripts on the palm leaves. Size of the knife folded: 11,5cm x 3,7cm x 1,6cm unfold: 21,3 (from the extremities of knife and stylus)
Title in original script: மருந்து கொம்புச்சிமிழ் Two mall pots made of bovine horn used to store hight valued medicine (long shelf life) - one of these pots still contains a white medical product whose the composition is not known by Dr Mohana. Size of the pots: 7,6cm x3,9cm (maxi) and 6,8 cm x...
Title in original script: வர்ம கொல் Instument used to apply pressure on the energy point - Its two extremities are more and less accute and are used according to the type of pressure which is necessary. This instrument is in wood, but according to Dr. Mohana, bovine horn was more common. Size o...
Title in original script: பேனாக்கத்தி Combinaison of a knife with notch for removing the mid-rib of palm leaves, a knife (broken) for cutting the leaves and stylus for inscribing the scripts.
The bed in wood, comprising a hole for mixtion and defecation, was used to hospitalise patients immobilised because of a fracture. Size of the bed: 1.80x 1.20m. It is made of wood.
The box is a medicine box used by the siddha practitioner when he visted his/her patients at home. This box of Victorian style is composed of 23 parts, among them one is for receiving a manuscript. Size of the box: 45cm x 30cm x10cm. The bow is in excellent state.
Title in original script: ஊன்று கோல் The cane, with a pommel representing the symbole of the state of Travancore, was a gift that Mani Asan received from his ācāṉ (title in Kanniyakumari given to a practitioner considered as a great expert) in recognision of his high skill.
