EAP810/1/1/30

Titles in original script:

நூல் 1: அகத்தியர் வைத்திய சூத்திரம்நூல் 2: தலைப்பு இல்லை;

The manuscript of 52 palm leaves is composed of two texts, written in verses, and of 3 additional leaves, dealing with medicine. The manuscript is in excellent condition but the texts are incomplete.

Text 1- The text numbered from 1 to 22 contains 100 verses. It focuses on the formulation of diverse types of paṟpam; a category of medicinal products made of ashes resulting of calcination of various materials. The list of paṟpaṅkaḷ presented in the text is: Kānta paṟpam, Tāmpira paṟpam, Vaṅka paṟpam, Kāntāri paṟpam, Veṅkala paṟpam, Pittaḷai paṟpam, Kalnār paṟpam, Nāka paṟpam, Veḷḷi paṟpam, Taṅka paṟpam, Kantaka paṟpam, Tāḷaka paṟpam, Añcaṇakal paṟpam, Veḷḷiya paṟpam, Raca paṟpam, Cātiliṅka paṟpam, Porikāra paṟpam, Cāttira pēti paṟpam, Kuntirika paṟpam, Pavaḷa paṟpam, Vaira paṟpam, Pāṭāṇa paṟpam, Uppu paṟpam, Āmaiōṭṭu paṟpam, Muttu paṟpam, Kaṟpūra paṟpam and Turucu paṟpam,

Text 2 – The text contains 27 palm leaves on which 27 verses are written. This text describes formulation of diverse medicines, notably Kumari tailam, Cāmpiṟāṇi tailam, Pūta vallāti tailam and Kukkuṭāti tailam; Pañca kavviya kiṟutam, Ēlāti kiṟutam, Tacamūlāti kiṟutam and Kalliyāṇi kiṟutam; Turicu paṟpam, Vaṅka paṟpam, Taṅka paṟpam, Maṇṭūra paṟpam, Kānta paṟpam, Veṅkāra paṟpam, Tāḷaka paṟpam, Karuvaṅka paṟpam, Pāṭāṇa paṟpam and Kaṉṉāra paṟpam; Piṟāṇa cakkaṟa kuḷikai, Pañcāṭcara kuḷikai, Āṉanta vairavaṉ kuḷikai, Pūtavairavaṉ kuḷikai, Kastūrāti kuḷikai, Navarettiṉāti kuḷikai and Mataṉa kāmēsvari kuḷikai; Pūraṇa lēkiyam, Vilvāti lēkiyam, Amirta cañcīvi lēkiyam, Tiṟikaṭuku lēkiyam and Akkiṉi lēkiyam; and Akattiyar kuḻampu.

Size of the manuscript 33,5cm x 3,1cm. The manuscript is in excellent condition. The text 1 is numbered in Tamil and Arabic from 1 to 22. The text 2 is numbered in Tamil and in Arabic from 1 to 27; the last leaf is broken. There are three additional leaves related to the medicinal preprarations.