This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “”Makāpāratam. from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1700-1800. It contains the stories from the epic Makāpāratam. The manuscript has ten subtitles, namely Ātiparuvam, Cāpaparuvam, Āraṇiya paruvam, Vir...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Irāmāyaṇam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1900-1950. It is related to the epic Irāmāyaṇa. The first page of the manuscript contains the details of the author’s mother and siblings’ death dates...
This material is a Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript titled “Kāmikāmam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is between 1800-1900. The manuscript is completed in the month of December and the year Prāvaruṭam. In the manuscript, it says that it belongs to U.K muttuccām...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Story of Kovalan’ from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kaṇapatippiḷḷai from Tumpaḷai on 3rd May 1786. This is created by Veṟṟivēlup pulavar (Veṟṟivēlu caṭṭampiyār). This manuscript contains twelve stories of Kovala...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Story of Kovalan’ from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it i...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Makāpāratam” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript is partially damaged. The time period of the manuscript is between 1800-1900. It is related to the epic Makāpāratam. It contains descriptions of events/stories from the epic Makāp...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. The time period of the manuscript is estimated to be between 1801-1899. The name of the author and year are not given directly in the manuscript. He uses the songs to inform the people of his name. Lower caste peop...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible, thus it is difficult to determine the exact age of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 190...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled” Kañcaṉ am'māṇai” from the Eastern region, Sri Lanka. It is related to Lord Krisha’s life story. The manuscript is written in Am'māṇai format. Am'māṇai is an Tamil musical form . The songs are sung in Am'māṇai rhythm called Am'māṇai. The manus...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled “Piḷḷaiyār katai” from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. As some front pages are missing in this manuscript thus it is difficult to determine the exact age, author of the original manuscript. However, it is estimated to be from 1801 -1899. It conta...