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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Ñāṉakaṟpam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript written by V. K. Pillai in 1676. It contains the secrets to Penance. Thi smanuscript contains 60 pages and the letters are clear to read. The manuscript is severely damages and det...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript 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 is estimated to be from 1901...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Carppa cāstiram’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is partially damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the author, exact age of the manuscript. However it is estimated to be f...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. Nagappan and it is owned by Nagappan Uthayarasa. It is difficult to determine the exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801-1899. This manuscript is relate...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript 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 1801-1899. This manuscript is related to Mantra and witchcraft. It contains Irumaṉ mūla mantiram, ṭamaruḷa...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Subramaniam. It is owned by S. Kanagaratnam. It is difficult to determine the exact age of the manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801-1899. This manuscript is related to As...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is missing 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 from 1901-1950. Th...
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka This manuscript is damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the author, exact age, title of the manuscript. However it is estimated to be from 1801-1899. This manuscript is r...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Eṇṇeyc cintu” 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 1801-1899. This manuscript contains songs of students while collecting oil for their ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Tirumurukāṟṟu padai’ 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 ...