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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Periya Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kantappōṭi son of Mārkkaṇṭappōṭiyār to his daughter Intirāṇi. It is written on 20th October 1969. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’ is about songs that describes the birth...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. Thokipodi in 1719. This manuscript is about Ayurvedha medicine. It describes about flatulence, burn injuries, mental illness and psoriasis. It follows 17th century writing style. This...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kūṉāttaippiḷḷai on 16th January 1916. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’ is about songs that describes the birth and marriage of Lord Muruga with Valli. The songs are written in a...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Ariccantiraṉ katai, from Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is written by Māṉākappōṭi in 1787. This manuscript contains the story of Ariccantiraṉ.It mentions about the whole story of Ariccantiraṉ and Chandramathy. The protective cover made of palmy...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The manuscript talks about Lord Ram and his glory. The manuscript was written by Ka. Ciṉṉattampi, and ki.Vīrakkuṭṭi on 19th June 1889. It has 516 songs on 258 pages. The letters are clear to read. It is written in ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It was written by Ceṭṭi cuppuṟumaṇiyam piḷḷai - ciṉṉattampi on 29th April 1811. The manuscript is written in Am'māṇai format. It has two Am'māṇai texts in this manuscript. One is Kañcaṉ am'māṉai. It was written by ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written in 1781. The author of this manuscript is unknown. This manuscript is about medicine. The medicines are mentioned in the form of mantras in this manuscript. It consists symbols and magical ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1801 -1899. The author, place, and year of the manuscript are unknown. The language script/style belongs to the 17th century. It contains details about the mantras and r...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1801 -1899. It related to medicine. It contains the details about oil, medicine powder and balm for health issues. The language script/style belongs to the 16th century....
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Uruppiṇi kalyāṇam” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. Uruppiṇi was the daughter of King Vitarppa. The manuscript was written by V. Kaṇapatippiḷḷai from Batticaloa on 21th January 1813. It is a well written manuscript without spelling mistake...
