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EAP810/1/1/22
- Record Id:
- 040-003534198
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534175
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132663.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/1/1/22
- Title:
- குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்)
- Additional Titles:
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No title (medicinal preparations )
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்)
The manuscript is composed of a text of 77 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 90. The text is incomplete as 13 leaves are missing. The condition of the manuscript is relatively good although weakened by fungus; some leaves are broken or damaged by larvae. The entire text focuses on formulation of medicines. The formulations described are: Kukkuṭāti kacāyam, Vācāti kacāyam and Kōḻikuñcu kacāyam; Elāti cūraṇam and Muntiriṅkā cūraṇam; Cuṇṭai vaṟṟal pōṭi, Muṭṭai vāṟṟu and Palpōṭi; Viyākkarāti ney, Kukkil titta ney, Pañca kaliyāṇi kiṟutam, Malli mātaļa kirutam, Nellikāy kirutam and Pañca kaviya kirutam; Āmaṇaku eṇṇai; Periya lāṭcāti tailam, Karuñcūrai tailam, Kukkuṭāti tailam and Nuḷḷi vēr tailam; Vilvāti lēkiyam, Vācāti lēkiyam, Aval lēkiyam, Kaṟparācāṅka lēkiyam, Kaṭukkāy lēkiyam and Utiralāti lēkiyam; Aṉṉapeti kuḻampu, Viṣa kuḻampu and Teṅkāy kuḻampu; Caravāṅka māttirai, Kapa kulāntakaṉ kuḷikai and Karukkuvāy kuḷikai; Kantaka paṟpam; and raca kaṟpūra centūram and Aṉṉapeti centūram.
The text describes as well some medicines and medicinal categories by indicating their medical use: a medicine (Āṉai coṟi) recommended for a skin disease characterized by roughness with intense itching; a tuvālai, a rubbing or smearing medicament and a tailam (oil) for āntiram (rectal proplapse); kuḻampu (semi liquid medicinal preparations) for dysentry and lip cracks (utaṭu veṭippu); eṇṇey (oils) for ear ache (kātu vali), pitta and vāta diseases, sinusitis (pīṉicam); ney (medicated butters) for flatulency of the uterus in pregnant women (kaṟppa vāyu), dysentery (kirāṇam), kaṇai (a kind of atrophy in children due to rickets) and polio myelitis (iỊampiḷḷai vātam); a kacāyam (decoction) applied on head for treating insanity; a centūram (red calcinated medicine composed of metals or minerals) for discharge of pus in ears (cīḻ kātu) and periodical fever (māṟal curam); a taḷam, red paste made of powdered plants mixed with animal blood applied on the scalp for the treatment of headache; naciyam, nasal drops; oṟṟal (fomentation); and remedies for corn foot (kālil āṇi) and acute pain (tuḷḷaḷ vāṟṟu).
Size of the manuscript 28,4cm x 3,5cm. The text is numbered in Tamil and Arabic from 1 to 90. 13 leaves are missing (10; 16; 17; 19, 25; 26, 28; 30; 62 to 66). The manuscript is slighly damaged by fungus and larvae: the first 5 leaves and leaves 27 and 41 are broken.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534175
036-003534176
040-003534198 - Is part of:
- EAP810/1 : Mohana Raj Collection
EAP810/1/1 : Manuscripts and items from Kanniyakumari District (collection not finished)
EAP810/1/1/22 : குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534175[0001]/036-003534176[0022]/040-003534198
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 155 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-1-1-22
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- Late 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)