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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province. The author, time period, and place of the manuscript are unknown. It is estimated to be 1850-1899. The manuscript is related to medicine. It contains the details of balm and medical powders. It contains the detail descripti...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province. The manuscript was written by Ka. Paramaṉ pūcāri in 1789. It is related to black magic and witchcraft. It contains the details of mantras and pujas. It includes the mantras like Tīpa mantiram kāval mantiram tampaḷa mantiram...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province. The manuscript was written by Ka. Cīṉittampi pūcakar in 1784. The manuscript was copied by Poṉṉutturai in 1867. It is related to Kaṇṇakiyam'maṉ pattati which includes the rules and methods to administrate the temple. The ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province. The author, age, and title of the manuscript are unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1801-1899. The manuscript is related to magic, and spells for health issues and diseases. The language structure belonged to the 17th ...
பாரளந் தாரக அம்மாணை, கஞ்சன் அம்மாணை, காசிரான் கதை.
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It was written by Kuñcippōṭi son in law of Periyapōṭi vaikācippōṭi in 15th August 1726. The manuscript has the stories of Pāraḷan tāraka am'māṇai, kañcaṉ am'māṇai, and kācirājaṉ katai. The manuscript gives signific...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Paramanantham in 1714. This palm-leaf manuscript is related to Siddha Medicine ( palm reading medine). Palm reading medicine is a method of treatment by observing the pulse and diagnose ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province. The manuscript was written by Kantappōṭi in the 17th century. The time period is estimated to be 1801-1899. It is related to medicine and mantras. It contains detailed description under subheadings including Piḷḷaittācci ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Yūnāni- patārtta kuṇa viḷakka kāra caṅkirakam” from the Eastern region, Sri lanka. The first four pages of the manuscript were written by doctor Kātti in the early 19th century. The remaining pages were written in 1877. It is related to medic...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It was written by Po. Vaḷḷiyappaṉ in 1796. The manuscript is related to medicine. The front page is not available. Many pages of the manuscript were lost. The manuscript has 356 pages. The text/letters are clear ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Amutākaram (Medicine for poisoning) from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Varatha Pandithar from Kola in 1798. This palm-leaf manuscript related to treatments to poison. It is called as Amutākaram as it contains many ...
