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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...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṉai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Caṭṭampiyār son of Vēlāppōṭi in 1926. ‘Vaḷḷiyam'mmāṇai’ is about songs that describes the marriage of Lord Muruga with Valli. This manuscript contains 274 ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kaṇṇappaṉ purāṇam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kappal kaṉakaṉ in 1741. This manuscript contains the history of Kaṇṇappa nāyaṉār. The subtitles of this manuscript contains Kaṇapati tuṇai tirucciṟṟampalam tēv...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. Aḻakippōṭi in 1737. This manuscript is related to Ayurvedha medicine. It contains the names of the medicines i.e. pills, kuḻikai, paṣpaṅkaḷ, civaṉ kuḻikai, oil treatment. The manus...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by K. Aarumugam in 1696. This manuscript contains details of medicines for all diseases. It also contains details about Vērkompu cūṟaṇam Tūḷ), eli kaṭi, karaṭi kaṭi, vātakkarappaṉ and also ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It is written in 1814. The author of this manuscript is unknown. This manuscript is about magical practices. It contains mantras related to ritual practices. These mantras are used in rural ritual practices. Some sym...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Māaṭṭu vākaṭam’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Subramaniam in 1833. This manuscript contains mantras related with the medical practices for cows. It contains details about how to guard, to tame, to slaughter a...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Ganapathy kanakappa in 1823. This palm-leaf manuscript related to treatments to poison. It contains all types of remedies for all the types of poisonous animals. It mentions medicinal po...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Vantharumoolai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The author of this manuscript is unknown but it is written in 1733. This palm-leaf manuscript is related to Medicine. It contains detailed descriptions related Paralysis, swelling, piles, tooth decay....
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written on November 1611. The author of this manuscript is unknown. This palm-leaf manuscript is related to Siddha Medicine. It contains detailed descriptions regarding Siddha medicines and the com...