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EAP810/1/1/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003534182
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534175
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132647.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/1/1/6
- Title:
- வர்ம கண்ணாடி
- Additional Titles:
-
Varma Kaṇāti
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: வர்ம கண்ணாடி
The manuscript is composed of a text of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 16. It contains an incomplete text of 65 verses attributed to Akattiyar. The manuscript is damaged by rodents and several leaves are broken.
The text, entitled Varma Kaṇāti, concerns the practice of varma. It details ten types of pulses: itakalai, piṅkalai, cuḻimuṉai, cikuvai purutaṉ, kāntāri, atti alamputai caṅkini, kukku, and ten types of vāyu (wind, air): pirāṇaṉ, viyāṇaṉ, utāṇaṉ, camāṇaṉ, apāṇaṉ, nākaṉ, kūrmaṉ, kirukaraṉ, tevatataṉ and tanañceyaṉ. It describes the 96 constituents of the body (tattukkaḷ), the five elements (putaṅkaḷ), five sense organs, and their functions, and some bones. It describes also ingredients and provides the name of apparatus used to prepare medicines.
Size of the manuscript: 31,5cm x 2,8cm. The palm leaves are numbered from 1 to 16; it is incomplete. The manuscript is damaged by rodents and some leaves are broken.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534175
036-003534176
040-003534182 - Is part of:
- EAP810/1 : Mohana Raj Collection
EAP810/1/1 : Manuscripts and items from Kanniyakumari District (collection not finished)
EAP810/1/1/6 : வர்ம கண்ணாடி - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534175[0001]/036-003534176[0006]/040-003534182
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 33 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-1-1-6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- Mid 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- For research purposes only
- Information About Copies:
- French Institute of Pondicherry and the British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Mohana Raj
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)