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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Paṭci cāstiram” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1800-1900. It is briefly described with ‘Pañca paṭci cāstiram’ Pūrvapaṭcapaṭupaṭci, and ayarapaṭcapaṭupaṭci astrological information. It mentions ...
This material is a Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1800-1900. It is related to magic and pujas. It includes a detailed description of pujas (praying methods) like Cūrṇōtcavam, tiruppoṟcuṇṇam, camaya tīṭcai, uruttira pa...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The period, author of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from 1801-1899. This manuscript is about medicine. It mentions about medicinal powders, oils, balms, pills, medicinal patches, the role of w...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Story of Kovalan’ from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kaṇapatippiḷḷai from Tumpaḷai on 3rd May 1786. This is created by Veṟṟivēlup pulavar (Veṟṟivēlu caṭṭampiyār). This manuscript contains twelve stories of Kovala...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Calliya nūl” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Time period of the manuscript is between 1801 - 1899. It is related to magic and witchcraft. It contains detailed descriptions of Yantra and Mantra, including Yantiraṅkaḷ, vipūti mantiram, pañcā...
This material is a Tamil and Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript titled “Akkiṉi kāryam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is partially damaged. The time period of the manuscript is between 1801 - 1899. It is related to magic. The pages are numbered. The protective cover is made up of n...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Story of Kovalan’ from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it i...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Makāpāratam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is partially damaged. The time period of the manuscript is between 1800-1900. It is related to the epic Makāpāratam. It contains descriptions of events/stories from the epic Makāp...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written in1948. This manuscript addresses about jātaka (astrology). It is a family archival record of the birth chart of son of Vetpillai. He was born on 25th November 1948 (Monday). First two leav...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is estimated to be between 1801-1899. The name of the author and year are not given directly in the manuscript. He uses the songs to inform the people of his name. Lower caste peop...
