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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The writer of this manuscript is mentioned as V. V in the manuscript. It is written in 1816. This manuscript is related to Astrology (Payaṇa cāstiram). It includes the details of the outcome of travelling by predicti...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is written by Kannappan Sinnathampy in Batticaloa in 1814. This manuscript is related to medicine. It mentions about medicinal powders, balms, pills, medicinal patches. It contains 48 pages and the let...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vacantaṉ kūttu’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Viḷaṅkippōṭi son of Vīmāppōṭi from Batticaloa on 01 February 1935. Vacantaṉ kūttu is completely different from other types of kūttus. This manuscript expresses Ag...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible; thus, it is difficult to determine the author and exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1901-1950. This ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible; thus, it is difficult to determine the author and exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1901-1950. This ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Piṟatumaṉ nāṭakam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written in 1940. This Kūttu belongs to Teṉmōṭi type. It contains the story of Aṉuvuruttiraṉ and Piṟatumaṉ sons of Uruppiṇi. This manuscript starts with Āciriya viruttam. ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Cāraṅkataraṉ Kūttu’ 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 of the original manuscript. However, it ...
Lanka. This manuscript is written by S. Periyathampi Upāttiyār and owned by U. Ganapathipillai. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age and place of the original manuscript. However, it is...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible; thus, it is difficult to determine the author and exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1901-1950. This ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Cāraṅkarūpaṉ Kūttu’ 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 of the original manuscript. However, it ...