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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Pulippāṉi muṉivar kālattiraṭṭu” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It is difficult to determine the author and exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1601-1699. It contains brave deeds of Pulippāṉi muṉivar ‘. It follo...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Narēntirarūpaṉ nāṭakam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Periyathampi Sivaguru in Batticaloa in 1797. This Kūttu belongs to Vaṭa mōṭi type. It contains the story of Chola King Narēntirarūpaṉ. The manuscript cont...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Tarumaputtiraṉ nāṭakam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Cāraṅkararūpaṉ nāṭakam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Ganapathy Vēlāppōṭi in Batticaloa in 1736. This play belongs to folk play type. It expresses the story of Pandiya King Cāraṅkararūpaṉ. The manuscript cont...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ vayantaṉ (vacantaṉ) kūttu’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Mayilvaganam Ganapathipillai from Batticaloa on 17 May 1837. This manuscript belongs to Vacantaṉ kūttu. This is a Batticaloa kūttu type ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Teyvēntiraṉ am'māṇai” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It was written by Periyavan Kannappan on 07th April 1791. It contains the songs of Teyvēntiraṉ in am'māṇai mettu. It also mentions about the bravery of Teyvēntiraṉ, Birth and Marriage of...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Pūraṇa cūttiram” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It was written by Kasaval Vallipuram in 1694. It contains Ñāṉamārkkam, medicine, Mantras. The manuscript follows strict language style. It has 82 pages and the letters are clear to read. The ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript written by K. Periyasamy in 1889 in Batticaloa. This manuscript is Astrology related to Omens. It contains 58 pages. The protective cover is made up of palmyrah leaf. Extent: 58.0. Size and dimensio...
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 the eldest daughter of S. P. T. Paalakapodi. He was born on 01st September 1927. The front page contains the details o...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The owner of this manuscript is the son of Usumundapodi. It was written on 21st January 1896. This manuscript is related to Astrology ((Cātakak kuṟippu). It includes the details of Kōṣapalaṉ, kaṟpanāḷ, vārapalaṉ, naṭ...
