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சூலை, குன்மம் ,வெப்புப்பாவை, பாண்டு, வாதசுரம் . சன்னி, மூலம், போன்ற நோய்களின் குணம் , மருந்துகள் , நாடிவிபரம்
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This palmleaf manuscript is a medicinal text that addresses different forms of inflammation, afflictions due to imbalances in bodily fluids, heat in the body, conditions of dropsy, also known as edema and diseases o...
கர்ப்பிணிநோய்கள், குழந்தை நோய்கள், கண்ணோய்கள், யந்திரங்கள் , சாத்திரம் , மாட்டுவாகடம் , பல்லி சாத்திரம் , நாய்க்கடி, கோட்டுச்சாத்திரம் , பலவிதமான மருந்துகள்
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This palmleaf manuscript consists of a combination of practices that are medicinal and are related to magic or mysticism. The author of this palmleaf manuscript is listed as ci.vē.cu.kuṭattaṉai. It addresses illnesses that affect pregnant women, pediatric diseases, eye conditions etc. It also o...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Northern region, Sri Lanka. The name of the author, exact time and place are unknown. The manuscript is severely damaged. However, it is estimated to be 1800 – 1900. This palmleaf manuscript addresses the subject of magical practices. The pa...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Northern region, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is severely damaged. However, it is estimated to be 1800 – 1900.This palmleaf manuscript outlines medicines for a range of diseases. The pages are not in order. The protective cover is not available...
பல்வேறு நோய்களுக்கான குணங்கள், அகத்தியர் பாலவாடகம், குணபாடம், செகராச சேகர வாகடம்.
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This palmleaf manuscript addresses medicine related subjects. It mentions the nature of many illnesses. It consists of , pālavākaṭam, a text that addresses childrens' diseases. This is also attributed to the name of sage Aakattiyar. It also consists of the text kuṇapāṭam which is a text that add...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Northern region, Sri Lanka. The name of the author, exact time and place are unknown. The manuscript is severely damaged. However, it is estimated to be 1800 – 1900. This palmleaf is on the subject of magical practices. Extent: 162.0. Size...
நிமித்த சாத்திரம் அல்லது கனவு பற்றியதாக இருக்கலாம்.
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This palmleaf manuscript consists of a cāttiram which are philosophical treatises that serve as manuals on a range of subjects to do with medicinal and mystical practices. This particular cāttiram is known as the nimitta cāttiram and is connected to the branch of astrology. Extent: 74.0. Size ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Thalaiyadi, Sempiyanpattu. The provenance is unknown. The protective cover is not available. The pages of the manuscripts seem to belong to another manuscript. Extent: 4.0. Size and dimensions of original material: L 34 cm, W 4.2 cm. Original...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is a family archival record of the birth chart of I. Kumāruputtiri, from Vatiri, Jaffna. It is written in Tamil verse and estimated to be from the 18-20th century. It is representative of birth charts used by Tami...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. However, the manuscript indicates that it was originally written in …….at Tāḻaṅkuṭi by śrī cempāy pōṭi, a teacher and the only son of Ka. Va. Vi. Aḻakiya Pōṭiyār from the Periya Pālakap Pōṭiyār Kukaṉ tradition, wh...
