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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by S. Ganapathy on November 1823. The source copy is written by Vaḷḷippōṭi in 1646. The manuscript contains only 186 pages and the letters are clear to read. The manuscript is partially dam...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Piḷḷaiyār katai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Sempapodi son of Aḻakippōṭi on 14 August 1947. This manuscript belongs to Tampippōṭi māmāṅkar. This manuscript contains the birth of Piḷḷaiyār, his specialities,...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Vaḷḷiyam'māṇai’ 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, author and place of the original manuscript. However, it is...
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 author of the original manuscript. This manuscript written in 1907. This manuscrip...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It is written by Velappan Kannasamy from Batticaloa in 1791. This palm-leaf manuscript related to treatments to poison. It contains the details about the colour of snakes, colour of the poison and the tee...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Tirupoṟcuṇṇam” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by M. Sinnathamby from Kannaguda, Batticaloa on 31st December 1853. This is related to Ālaya kiriyai. The source of this manuscript is from Māṇikkavācakar. It contain...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ kuḷirccip pāṭal’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by M. Sinnthampi in Kannankuda, Batticaloa on 21st July 1869. This manuscript contains detailed descriptions about Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ. Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ is ...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ kuḷirccip pāṭal’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Pālippōṭi mayilāppōṭi in Eruvil, Batticaloa on 21st April 1817. This manuscript contains detailed descriptions about Kaṇṇaki am'maṉ. Kaṇṇaki am'ma...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Periya vaḷḷiyam'maṉ am'māṇai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Major part of this manuscript is damaged and deteriorated rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original manuscri...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Pārata am'māṉai’ from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is damaged and detreiorated rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author and place of the original manuscript. However...
