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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The time and exact place of the manuscript is unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1850-1899. The manuscript was written by Vai.Nallatampi owned by Va.Vi.Po.Māṇikkappōṭi. It is related to magic and medicine. A...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The time and exact place of the manuscript is unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1850-1899. The manuscript is owned by Va.Vi.Po. Māṇikkappōṭi. It is related to magic and witchcraft. It includes mantras. The ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The author, time and exact place of the manuscript are unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1850-1899.It is related to medicine. It includes oil medicine for health issues and disease. The manuscript has symbols a...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The author, time and exact place of the manuscript are unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1850-1899.The manuscript is partially damaged. The remaining pages of the manuscript might be damaged and lost. The t...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Cittiraputrar katai and Māṟkaṇṭar muṉivar katai ” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author, time and exact place of the manuscript are unknown. However, it is estimated to be 1800-1900. The manuscript has two stories of religious saints ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Caiva nūṟtiraṭṭu” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript was written by Cempāppōṭi son of Ka.Tō.Va.Vi. Aḻakippōṭi on 24th February 1975. The front page contains the author’s details. The manuscript gives various religious texts in o...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Piḷḷaiyār katai” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. T. V. V. Azhagipodi in 1920. The source work of this manuscript is written by Varathapandithar son of Arangannathan. Later A.S.V.V. Thirujanaselvam also wroth...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Piḷḷaiyār katai” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Periyathampi (Thirujanaselvam) 18th November 1992. It contains songs of the birth details of Pillaiyar, Piḷḷaiyār tutikaḷ, virataṅkaḷ. It contains 80 pages and t...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Kaṇṇakaiyam'maṉ kuḷircci” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript contains the details of the author, title. This is written by Cempāppōṭi son of Kantappōṭi V.V and Aḻakippōṭi on 28th May 1956. This manuscript contains detailed desc...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The front page contains the details of the owner and year of this manuscript. This manuscript is about jātaka (astrology).It is a family archival record of the birth chart of Vaalasingam son of Ilayathampi. He was bo...