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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/5
Title:: மனுஷ சுகாரணம்
Scope & Content:: Translated from the volume A Treatise on Human Physiology by Professor John C. Dalton, M.D. Printed in Jaffna in 1883. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 536 pages. Condition of original material: 14.5cm x 23cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): John C. Dalton.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1883
Extent:: 544 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/6
Title:: மனோன்மணி நாடகம்
Scope & Content:: A prose drama in Tamil, written by Francis Kingsbury (1873-1941, né Alagasunderam), a Tamil scholar and the first lecturer in Tamil at Ceylon University College. Cover page includes a short note on the author. Book includes a foreword by A.M.K. Cumaraswamy. Printed and published by Robert Kingsb...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1949
Extent:: 66 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/7
Title:: இராமன் கதை
Scope & Content:: From tp: "In Tamil Prose for Boys and Girls, rewritten by Francis Kingsbury, B.A." Printed and published by J.W.A. Kadirgamar at the Lankabhimani Press in Chavakachcheri, 1872. Francis Kingsbury (1873-1941, né Alagasunderam) was a Tamil scholar and the first lecturer in Tamil at Ceylon Universit...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1938
Extent:: 110 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/8
Title:: தர்க்கசூடாமணி
Scope & Content:: Written by Kumaraswamy Mudaliyar Kathiravetpillai, Printed in Jaffna by Ripley & Strong, Printers, 1862. The author, who was from Udupitty, was a student at Batticotta Seminary and later a district judge. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 72 pages. Condition of original m...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 80 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/9
Title:: இல்லற நொண்டி
Scope & Content:: From tp: "Illara Nondy, the Husband and Wife. A poem on domestic life." Printed in Manippay by Strong & Asbury, 1887. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 80 pages. Condition of original material: 11cm x 15.5cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): J.R. Arnold/A. Catācivam Piḷḷai.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1887
Extent:: 88 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/10
Title:: தொத்திரமாலை
Scope & Content:: Written by K.C.B. Kumarakulasinghe, Mudaliar of the Governor's Gate, Tamil interpreter to H.E. the Governor and chief translator. Printed posthumously in Tellippalai by the American Ceylon Mission Press, 1909. English-language preface. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 84 page...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 92 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/11
Title:: தமிழ் வியாகரணம்
Scope & Content:: Written by William Nevins (1820-1889), also known as Mu. Sithamparapillai, who among other positions was the principal of Wesleyan Central School (later Jaffna Hindu College) from 1860-1886. This work is an Essentials of Grammar, written in three parts. Printed in 1886. Size and dimensions of o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1886
Extent:: 74 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/12
Title:: மனக்கவைஞான மூலாதாரம்
Scope & Content:: Written by Rev. John Kilner to "regenerate the mind of the Hindu," meant to be used as a textbook. Bilingual. Published in Jaffna by the Union Press, 1871. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 190 pages. Condition of original material: 11cm x 17cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): Rev. Jo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 198 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/13
Title:: திருவாக்குப் புராணம்
Scope & Content:: Written by J.V. Sinnattambi Pulavar, published in Tellippalai by the American Ceylon Mission Press, 1927. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 16 pages. Condition of original material: 14cm x 21.5 cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): J.V. Sinnathambi Pulavar.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1927
Extent:: 20 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP971/3/14
Title:: சிவஞான சித்தியார் சுபட்ச வசனம்
Scope & Content:: Prose rendering of Sivajnana Sithiyar, a Saiva text. Written by Rev. K.S. Murugesu (1870-1947), a Methodist Tamil scholar and linguist. Printed in Jaffna by N.M. Saverimuttu & Sons, 1931. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 74 pages. Condition of original material: 13.5cm x...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 83 Tiff images

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