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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author and period of this manuscript is unknown. However it is estimated to be from 1801 – 1899. This manuscript is about medicine. This manuscript gives details of many medicines. i.e: Balms, oils, pills, medic...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author and period of this manuscript is unknown. However it is estimated to be from 1801 – 1899. This manuscript is about medicine. This manuscript gives details of many medicines. i.e: It mentions about Cañcīvi...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author and period of this manuscript is unknown. However it is estimated to be from 1801 – 1899. This manuscript is about medicine. It also contains Ginger pain relief- for biliousness, hiccups, water for Kaḷicc...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author and period of this manuscript is unknown. However it is estimated to be from 1801 – 1899. This manuscript is about medicine. It also contains Keṟpapāti oil, tantari caṉṉiyiṉ kuṇam, ciṟṟaviṟṟu piṟa caṉṉiyi...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The author and period of this manuscript is unknown. However it is estimated to be from 1801 – 1899. This manuscript is about medicine. It contains details of Ayurvedha medicine, Vayittiyaṉilakkaṇam, Worshipping met...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kai maruttuvam/ Kai Vākaṭam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by P. T. P. K. Subramaniampillai on 10th October 1905. This manuscript belongs to Ciṉṉattampiyār kaṇṇappā. This manuscript contains about diseases and i...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Periya vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Ci. Vēlāppōṭi. The year of this manuscript is not mentioned however it is estimated to be from 19th century. This manuscript belongs to Maṅkalar vēl...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Maṭṭakkaḷappu māntirīkam’ 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. Howeve...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṉai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by M. Kāḷikkuṭṭippōṭi. It is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801-1899. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is partially damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age and author of the original manuscript. This manuscript addresses about jātaka (astr...