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EAP689/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003319337
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003319337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100034576473.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP689/1
- Title:
- Balasubramaniam's collection
- Scope & Content:
- This collection consists of 22 palm leaf bundles. They contain information related to poems and traditional medicine. The poems relate to local deities, astrology, witchcraft, grammatical commentaries (nikanTu), songs from the Kuravan community (kuravanji) and tamil lexicon. The traditional medicine describes various conditions and diseases and their remedies as well as the use of incantations and magical diagrams. This collection comprises 2 series : (1) Anthrology of poems, (2) traditional medicine. Most of the documents are undated, a few contain dates from the Tamil lunar calendar. Dates of original material: Not given. Extent and format of original material: The collection consists of 22 palm leaf bundles.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history (1650-1950) - phase II
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003319337", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP689/1: Balasubramaniam's collection" },{ "id" : "036-003319338", "parent" : "032-003319337", "text" : "EAP689/1/1: Songs, poems and astrology" },{ "id" : "040-003319339", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/1: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 1" },{ "id" : "040-003319340", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/2: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 2" },{ "id" : "040-003319341", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/3: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 3" },{ "id" : "040-003319342", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/4: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 4" },{ "id" : "040-003319343", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/5: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 5" },{ "id" : "040-003319344", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/6: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 6" },{ "id" : "040-003319345", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/7: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 7" },{ "id" : "040-003319346", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/8: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 8" },{ "id" : "040-003319347", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/9: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 9" },{ "id" : "040-003319348", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/10: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 10" },{ "id" : "040-003319349", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/11: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 11" },{ "id" : "040-003319350", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/12: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 12" },{ "id" : "040-003319351", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/13: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 13" },{ "id" : "040-003319352", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/14: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 14" },{ "id" : "040-003319353", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/15: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 15" },{ "id" : "040-003319354", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/16: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 16" },{ "id" : "040-003319355", "parent" : "036-003319338", "text" : "EAP689/1/1/17: Songs/Poems - Palm leaf 17" },{ "id" : "036-003319356", "parent" : "032-003319337", "text" : "EAP689/1/2: Traditional medicine - Palm leaf" },{ "id" : "040-003319357", "parent" : "036-003319356", "text" : "EAP689/1/2/1: Traditional Medicine - Palm leaf 1" },{ "id" : "040-003319358", "parent" : "036-003319356", "text" : "EAP689/1/2/2: Traditional Medicine - Palm leaf 2" },{ "id" : "040-003319359", "parent" : "036-003319356", "text" : "EAP689/1/2/3: Traditional Medicine - Palm leaf 3" },{ "id" : "040-003319360", "parent" : "036-003319356", "text" : "EAP689/1/2/4: Traditional Medicine - Palm leaf 4" },{ "id" : "040-003319361", "parent" : "036-003319356", "text" : "EAP689/1/2/5: Traditional Medicine - Palm leaf 5" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003319337
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP689/1/1 : Songs, poems and astrology
EAP689/1/2 : Traditional medicine - Palm leaf
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP689/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003319337
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP689/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Collection contains 2439 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP689-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1650
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 1650-1950
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 10.99192
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 77.32131
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the Endangered Archives Programme project EAP689. Owner of original material: Balasubramaniam Venadudayar
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Dr Zoe Headley, April 2016 (Accession record EAP689/1)
- Administrative Context:
- EAP689 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme
- Information About Copies:
- Copies of this material are held at the British Library; Tamil Nadu State Archives; French Institute of Pondicherry Library
- Information About Originals:
- Location of original material: Sankarandam Palayam, Tiruppur district
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)