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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 1700-1750. The name of the author and year of the manuscript are unknown. The manuscript is related to medicine. It contains a detailed description of me...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is about jātaka (astrology). It is a family archival record of the birth chart of Usumundapodi Palipodi. He was born on 20th April 1906. It contains Carasvati tuti, avaiyaṭakkam,kiraka nilai, ēḻaraic ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Periya vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. U. Katirēcapiḷḷai from Batticaloa in 1896. ‘Periya vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṇai’ is about songs that describes the marriage of Lord Muruga with Valli. I...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. This manuscript has songs on Mārkkaṇṭēya. Mārkkaṇṭēya is one of the Nāyaṉmār of eighteen. The manuscript has 158 pages. The pages are in a deteriorated state. However, the letters are clear to read. The original ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Ariccantiraṉ katai, from Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is written by K.U.Katheeresapillai son of Kanapathy Upathiyar. It is difficult to determine the exact age of manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -1899 This manuscript cont...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Major part of this manuscript is damaged and deteriorated rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original manuscript. However, i...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. A major part of the manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -189...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘ Periya Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Major part of this manuscript is damaged and deteriorated rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original manuscript. Ho...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. A major part of the manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -1899. It is related to lite...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Vaikunta am'māṇai” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is related to Mahabharata. The manuscript written by Ka.Pa.Nākaṇṭāppōṭi was on the date 29th month Thai (January) year Viṣa varuṭam (name of the year). The manuscript contains the stor...
