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1. EAP1056/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14
Title:
பத்மநாபன் சர்வேஸ்வரா ஐயர் சேகரம் [16th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 61 works, 15298 leaves. Owner(s) of original material: Padmanaban Sarveswara Iyar. This Fonds contains the following 61 manuscripts: EAP1056/14/1: ஆயுள்வேத/சித்தமருத்துவ நூல் [16th century] EAP1056/14/2: தேவி பிரதிஸ்ரா அனுக்ரகமணி [...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
15298 TIFF images

2. EAP1056/14/42

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/42
Title:
கிரந்தத்தில் உள்ளது [16th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
கிரந்தத்தில் உள்ளது. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 266 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 26 cm, W 05 cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
266 TIFF images

3. EAP1056/14/27

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/27
Title:
மாயவித்தைகள் [16th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
A major part of this manuscript is severely damaged and deteriorated, rendering the text illegible. However, the first two pages are written in Tamil and could be dated to the late 18th or 19th century. The text illustrates various magic/ conjury tricks and skills such as kuṟaḷi vittai and cepp...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
110 TIFF images

4. EAP1056/14/43

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/43
Title:
நைடதம் [16th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a religious work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. It is a copy of “Nalavenpa” (Story of the king “Nalan”in poetic style) consisting of sentiment of love. Originally translated from Sanskrit by Adivirarama Panditan of Tamilnadu, India. The Original work belongs to the 16th cen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
226 TIFF images

5. EAP1056/14/56

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/56
Title:
சைவநெறி [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a religious work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. The text is written in Tamil. It contains notes on Thiruvennei Nallur, a famous Saivite temple in Tamilnadu, India. The manuscript is written in poetic style and consists of eulogical poems on Saivite gods. This could be dated...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
110 TIFF images

6. EAP1056/14/34

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/34
Title:
தென்கோயிற் புராணம் [16th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript contains two different works from Nallur, Sri Lanka. The shape and the handwriting of the two works are considerably different. However, they are both written in Tamil prose and could be dated to the late 18th or 19th century. The first work illustrates a Hindu mytholog...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
266 TIFF images

7. EAP1056/14/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/20
Title:
கண்ணன் பற்றிய இலக்கியம்/புராணம் [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a literary or mythological work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil in a poetic storytelling style and is a long manuscript. On the basis of linguistic analysis and the use of lexicon, the text could be dated to the 18th century or even prior to that perio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
794 TIFF images

8. EAP1056/14/44

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/44
Title:
தென்னிந்திய கோவில்களின் பெயர் விபரங்கள். [16th century-20th century]
Scope & Content:
This palm-leaf manuscript is a religious work from Nallur, Sri Lanka. The text is written in Grantha script. The work could be related to a temple's history or part of a mythological story. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 256 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 28...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
256 TIFF images

9. 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

10. EAP1056/14/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1056/14/12
Title:
சுப்பிரமணிய சுவாமி அகஸ்தியருக்கு அருளிச் செய்த பாடல்கள் [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka written in Tamil verse. It contains songs claimed to be gifted by Murgan, a Hindu diety to Akathiyar, an important religious/literature figure. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 362 leaves. Physical characteristi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
362 TIFF images

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