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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/71/18
Title:: அங்காதிபாதம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Aṅkātipātam from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The period, author of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from the period between 1701-1799. This palm-leaf manuscript addresses about Human body. It gives detailed description abo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1701-1799
Extent:: 160

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/75
Title:: சிவசந்திரன் சிதம்பரப்பிள்ளை சேகரிப்பு
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 7 files. It includes both witchcraft texts and medical knowledge. Extent: 1336.0. Custodial history: According to the owner of this manuscript, it is preserved by both his paternal and maternal lines. None of the 07 manuscripts could be classified as maternally preserv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 1336

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/75/3
Title:: மாந்திரீகம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Point- pedro, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is estimated to be from the period between 1801- 1899. This manuscript addresses practices of magic. It included practices to disarm enemies and create attraction among men and women. It refers to s...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 68

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

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

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