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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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
மருந்துகள் , மந்திரம் , யந்திரங்கள் , நாடி சூத்திரம்
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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...
கைகண்ட மருந்துகள் என்று சொல்லத்தக்கதாக சாராய ஊறல், முறைக்காய்ச்சல், சன்னி, உட்டண வாதம்
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Palai, Sri Lanka. The provenance is unknown. It is written Tamil script and contains both verse and poems. The material has minor loss, and the pages are not in order. This is a medical text. It contains descriptions regarding arrack-based and o...
குழந்தை நோய்கள் , பெண்நோய்கள் , பொது மருந்துகள் , கைகண்ட வைத்திய முறைகள்
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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. The material has minor loss. This is a medical text. It contains details regarding diseases that occur in children and women, common medicines, and other ...
அகத்தியர் பாடல் 120 ( கலைஞான பாடம் ) அகத்தியர் பாடல் 10, சுரவிதி, சன்னி , சிரரோகம், எலும்பு ஒடிவுமுறிவு.
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This palmleaf manuscript is from the body of texts Siddha texts that are attributed to Aakattiyar. This is known as Song 120. The main subjects covered int his are astrology and alchemy, both common subjects in this...
மாட்டு வாகடம் , மாடுகளுக்கு ஏற்படக்கூடிய பல்வேறு நோய்கள் பற்றியும் அவற்றுக்கான சிகிச்சைகள் பற்றியும் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This palmleaf manuscript primarily addresses medical practices that are Veterinary in terms of discipline and specifically discusses illnesses suffered by cows and the treatments thereof. The protective cover is not...