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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kuṇavākaṭam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The author, period of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from 1801-1850. This manuscript is about medicine. Kuṇavākaṭam means offering treatment by analyzing the complete detail...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Ariccantiraṉ katai, from Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is written by S.T Parasurampillai Sastri on 27th April 1822. This manuscript is bought by Ucumuṇṭāppōṭi vīrakkuṭṭi in 1891. This manuscript contains the story of Ariccantiraṉ. It contain d...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Tāṉtōṉṟippattaṉ in 1870. This palm-leaf manuscript related to treatments to poison. It contains all types of remedies for all the types of poisonous animals. The manuscript contains 262 ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Maruttuva mantiram” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is related to medicine and mantra. It describes the mantras used for medicine. The manuscript was written by Mārippōṭi parikāri in 1869. It contains the mantra with symbols such as Mū...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kuṇavākaṭam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript I swritten by K. Iyampillai in 1774. This manuscript is about medicine. Kuṇavākaṭam means offering treatment by analyzing the complete details of the disease. It mentions medicina...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is related to medicine. The author of the manuscript is unknown. It was written in 1791. It contains the herbals and medical tools in alphabetical order. It has words and synonyms from 'A' to 've'(Tamil alphabet...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, and also the front and back side pages are missing, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author of the o...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Amutākara cittāruṭa viṣavaittiyam” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kāḷikuṭṭip parikāri on 26th March 1787. This palm-leaf manuscript related to treatments to poison. It contains all types of remedies for all th...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript 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, it is estimated to be fro...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘ Kachirasan Kūttu’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by M. Nōñcippōṭi in 1863. This Manuscript has Teṉmōṭi Kūttu variety. The Kūttu types that has heroic deeds are considered as Vaṭa mōṭi, while the Kūttu types cont...
