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Project / Collection Survey and digitisation of individual manuscript collections in Northern Sri Lanka Language Tamil Level [40] File

1. EAP1056/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/1/1
Title:
சுப்புரமணியம் புத்திரி [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Sellamuthu from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Sellamuthu is the mother of the custodian, Mrs. Kokiladevi. It contains astrological information such as rasi chakra and navamsa. It is representative of birth charts used by Sri Lankan Ta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

2. EAP1056/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/2/1
Title:
கந்தசாமி சாதகக் குறிப்பு [19th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Kandasamy (late 19th century), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Mr. Kanadasamy is the father of Selvarani and grandparent of custodian Poovarajan Vaikunthananthan. It contains astrological information such as rasi chakra and navamsa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

3. EAP1056/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/3/1
Title:
மருந்து மந்திர நிகண்டு [19th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is written in verse using Tamil font of the 19th/20th century. It contains medical information and terminology of the Ayurvedic tradition. The actual text could be of older provenance, however, as the exact date could not be deter...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
260 TIFF images

4. EAP1056/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/4/1
Title:
Thirunāvukkaracar thēvāraṅkaḻ (Hymns by Thirunavukarasar) [19th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is a copy of popular Tamil Saivite hymns sung by Thirunavukkarasar Nayanar (7th century, Tamil Nadu, India). It is Tamil verse written in 19th/20th century. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 162 leaves...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
162 TIFF images

5. EAP1056/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/6/1
Title:
திரு செல்லப்பா புதல்வன் ஜனன சாதகம் [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Pathmanathan Sellappa (20th century), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. His daughter, Kosala Pathmanathan, provided the material. It is representative of birth charts used by Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus during the early 20th century. It ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
96 TIFF images

6. EAP1056/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/7/1
Title:
அமுதாகரம் [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a copy of a medical work, Amuthakaram, from Karainagar, Sri Lanka. It is a Tamil verse work written in 18/19th century Tamil script. The original work is dated to the 18th century. It is an important work on toxicology. It describes medicine for venomous attacks by v...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
202 TIFF images

7. EAP1056/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/7/2
Title:
Unidentified manuscript [18th century-19th century]
Scope & Content:
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Karainagar, Sri Lanka. It is a Tamil verse work written in 18/19th century Tamil script. It is a medical text of Siddha tradition. The title of the text is not available. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 308 leaves. Phys...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
308 TIFF images

8. EAP1056/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/8/1
Title:
சிறுபிள்ளை வாகடம் [18th century-19th century]
Scope & Content:
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is a Tamil verse work written in 18/19th century Tamil script. It is pediatric work. The text is of Ayurvedic medical tradition. The author is noted to be Vaakadar, however, this is a common authorship name assigned to many dif...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
114 TIFF images

9. EAP1056/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/8/2
Title:
கணக்கதிகாரம் [16th century]
Scope & Content:
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is a Tamil verse and mathematical work written in 18/19th century Tamil script. It is a copy of the well-known Tamil mathematical work Kanakkathigaram. It includes notes on chemistry. The original is estimated to be written in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
166TIFF images

10. EAP1056/9/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/9/1
Title:
சித்த மருத்துவ நூல் [18th century-19th century]
Scope & Content:
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is a Tamil prose work written in 19/20th century Tamil script. It describes various medicines for diseases such as headache, eye diseases, and fever. It describes various medicinal plants, methods of processing them, and their us...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
110 TIFF images