EAP810/1/1/48

Title in original script: வர்ம கண்ணாடி

The manuscript is constituted of a text called Varma Kaṇāṭi composed of 145 palm leaves; it is incomplete. The text provides some information on embryology (jaṉaṉa uṟpatti) and defines the chakras (ātāraṅkaḷ), the ten types of gases in the body (taca vāyu), apparatus (karuvikaḷ) used for preparing medicines, the 96 constituents principles of the body defined in Siddha medicine (96 tattuvakkaḷ), and then, describes numerous vital spots and their treatment.

The vital spots which are mentioned are: talai varmam, vital points in the below of neck region (kaḻutiṉ kīḻ varmam), vital points from umbilicus (nāpi) to genetalia (mūlam), kaiyil varmam, kālil varmam, koṇṭai koḷḷi, cīṟuṅkoḷḷi, piṭari varmam, cuḻi varmam, porccai kālam, kuṟṟi kālam, cevi kuṟṟi kālam, poykai kālam, naṭcattira kālam, kāmpūri kālam, mūrtti kālam, aṇṇāṉ kālam, tilartta kālam, miṉveṭṭi kālam, mantira kālam, nēma varmam, paṭci varmam, kaṇṇāṭi kālam, pāla varmam, kōṇa varmam, utira kālam, oṭṭu varmam, uṟakka kālam, caṅku tiri kālam, cumai varmam, kākkaṭṭai kālam, katir varmam, katirkāma varmam, putti varmam, cutti varmam, tivaḷai varmam, ēnti kālam, piṟatārai varmam, kuttu varmam, uḷpuṟṟu varmam, tūcika varmam, eṭṭu varmam, aṉumār varmam, kūmpu varmam, nēr varmam, paṉṟi varmam, aṭappu varmam, muṇṭellu varmam, periya atti curukki, ciṟiya atti curukki, muṉ caruti, piṉ caruti, piḷḷai varmam, uṭal curukki, tumpi varmam, kai keṭṭi varmam, caṭapiṟa varmam, kiḷipiṟa varmam, kiḷimēka varmam, pūṉūl kālam, puya varmam, vilaṅku varmam, cuḻiyāṭi varmam, curukku varmam, naṭṭellu varmam, kaṭṭai varmam, kai kūṭṭu kālam, vāyu kālam, aṉṉa kālam, mūttira kālam, kallaṭai kālam, valampuri kālam, iṭampuri kālam, velluṟumi kālam, valluṟumi, naraṅkal kutti kālam, aṇi varmam, āntai varmam, moḻi varmam, taṭciṇai kālam, cūṇṭōtiri varmam, cuṇṭōtari varmam, veḷḷai varmam, maṇipanta varmam, kavaḷi varmam, muṭakku varmam, kai muṭṭu varmam, vicamaṇipanta varmam, muṇṭaka varmam, acaivu varmam, nūl veḷḷai varmam, uppu kuṟṟi varmam, kuṇṭikai kālam, virutti kālam, cūṇṭōtiri kālam, paṭa varmam, kaṇṇu pukai kālam, kuti kāl varmam, viruti varmam, kutirai muka kālam, kompēṟi kālam, kōṇa caṉṉi varmam, kāl mūṭṭu varmam, pacci varmam, vāta pitta and kapa varmaṅkal.

The text presents different methods used to treat injuries of vital spots and details nerves (palvēṟu narampu), some joints (vicai pūṭṭu) and a type of varmam called paṭu varmam (not identified). It explains the practice of varma (varmam koḷḷum vitam) for treating women, notably pregnant ones (kaṟppa peṇ). Lastly, it describes the pulse (nāṭi) and the methods to examine them (nāṭi pārttal).

Size of the manuscript 24,5cm x 3,2cm. The text is numbered from 1 to 145 in Tamil and Arabic and the 4th from 32 to 39. The manuscript has a leaf with inscription and 2 blank leaves placed at the end. It is in good condition; the leaves 5 to 25 are slightly damaged by rodents.