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1. EAP1056/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/1/1
Title:
சுப்புரமணியம் புத்திரி [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Sellamuthu from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Sellamuthu is the mother of the custodian, Mrs. Kokiladevi. It contains astrological information such as rasi chakra and navamsa. It is representative of birth charts used by Sri Lankan Ta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

2. EAP1056/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/2/1
Title:
கந்தசாமி சாதகக் குறிப்பு [19th century]
Scope & Content:
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Kandasamy (late 19th century), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Mr. Kanadasamy is the father of Selvarani and grandparent of custodian Poovarajan Vaikunthananthan. It contains astrological information such as rasi chakra and navamsa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

3. EAP1056/10/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/10/3
Title:
காலக்கணித நூல் [19th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
This material is a palm-leaf manuscript, originally from Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka and currently under the custodianship of Chunnakam Public Library. The language of the content is in Tamil verse, and it is written in 19th/20th century Tamil script. It contains information to calculate the t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
188 TIFF images

4. EAP1056/14/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/6
Title:
சோதிட நூல் [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is an astrology related work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil. On the basis of linguistic analysis and the use of lexicon, it could be dated to the 18th century. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 184 leaves. Physical character...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
184 TIFF images

5. EAP1056/14/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/30
Title:
காலக்கணித நூல் [19th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a literary work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil and is from the 19th century. It contains astronomical observations and almanac calculations, and the norms and rules that govern the field. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
458 TIFF images

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