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Project / Collection Private Collections of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from the Tamil Country Language Tamil Subject Poetry

1. EAP1294/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1
Title:
Kalliṭaikuṟicci collection
Scope & Content:
These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, Pāninian Grammar, Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise, Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry, Dharmaśāstra, Citrakāvyam, Kāvya, Mīmāṃsā, vedic, Pramāṇa, Vyākaraṇa etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 108 bundles of palm-lea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
13380 TIFF images

2. EAP1294/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/19
Title:
A comic poem and Medical tips
Scope & Content:
This manuscript does not have a formal title. Comic poem (noṇṭi nāṭakam) and Medicinal tips. நொண்டி நாடகமும் மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள். Extent: A manuscript of 30 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 33cm x W 3.5cm x H 1.8com. Condition of original material: Certain leaves ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
32 TIFF images

3. EAP1294/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/31
Title:
Medical and astrological tips
Scope & Content:
This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains medical and astrological tips, as well as the owner's jottings. மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள், நாடி சாஸ்த்திரம், கந்தனனுபூதி, சோதிடம். Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 89 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 29cm x W...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
97 TIFF images

4. EAP1294/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/39
Title:
Five Vaiṣṇava/Viśiṣṭādvaitic Works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains five Vaiṣṇava works. Includes Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry and Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise. Extent: A manuscript that contains 103 palm leaves of the Talipot variety (corypha Umbraculifera). Size and dimensions of original material: L 10 cm x ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Manipravalam and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
103 TIFF images

5. EAP1294/1/54

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/54
Title:
Vaikuṇṭa ammāṉai
Scope & Content:
This is a Purāṇā-like praise poem on Viṣṇu. Extent: A bundle of 307 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 16 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countries: India. Related r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
315 TIFF images

6. EAP1294/1/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/62
Title:
Miscellanea
Scope & Content:
This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains praise-poems, commentary on mantras, etc. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 102 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 47.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves. Author(s)/Cre...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
104 TIFF images

7. EAP1294/1/66

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/1/66
Title:
Miscellanea
Scope & Content:
This manuscript does not have a formal title. Medicinal tips, astronomy, religious poems, etc. மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள், சோதிடம், இலக்கியங்கள் (கந்தனனுபூதி, நைடதம் ஆகியவை). Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 114 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 32 cm x W 3 cm x H 6 cm. Condi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
118 TIFF images

8. EAP1294/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/2
Title:
Villiampākkam collection
Scope & Content:
These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, temple rites, Śaiva praise verses, vedic etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 78 bundles of palm-leaf manuscripts. Condition of original material: Many of the palm-leaf manuscripts that co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Malayalam, Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
7788 TIFF images

9. EAP1294/2/32

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/2/32
Title:
Stotrapāṭham
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains many praise-poems with verses of eulogy on various deities and preceptors by śrīvaiṣṇava ācāryas such as āḷavantār, Veṅkatanātha, and so forth. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 216 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 28.7 cm x W 4.3 Cm x H 23.4 Cm. Co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
112 TIFF images

10. EAP1294/2/33

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1294/2/33
Title:
Stotrapāṭhaṃ
Scope & Content:
This bundle contains the text of a few praise poems, and possibly the birth charts (horoscope) of a few people. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 27 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 42.5 Cm x H 2.5 Cm. Condition of original material: This seems like a composite ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:
1750-1900
Extent:
33 TIFF images