EAP810/1/1/71

Title in original script: வர்ம சூத்திரம்

The manuscript is composed of a text, incomplete, whose the palm leaves are numbered from 1 to 59. The leaves are very affected by fungus. They are very dark and some of them are broken.

The text concerns the practice of varmam, treatment of injuries of vital points. The types which are described are: tilartta kālam, piṭari kālam, uṟakka kālam, tummi kālam, aṭappa kālam, uṟumi kālam, kalliṭai kālam, aṭakka kālam, tuṉṉal kālam, peru narampu kālam, caṅku tiri kālam, mūttira kālam, aṇṭa kālam, pūmi kālam, taṭciṇai kālam, kavaḷi kālam, āma kālam, kutirai muka kālam, and meytīṇṭā kālam; alavāṭi varmam, vilaṅku varmam, puya varmam, cuḻūkku varmam, mūṭṭu varmam, mōtira varmam, maṇipanta varmam, patakkal varmam, tuṇṭu varmam, neṭṭi varmam, kompēri varmam, kōṇa caṉṉi varmam, pāta cakkara varmam, nēr varmam, ucci varmam, muṉtārai varmam, kūṇellu varmam, muṇṭellu varmam, vittu varmam, eṭṭu muka varmam, cuḻiyāṭi varmam, pūṭṭellu varmam and taṭṭu varmam; valiya atti curukki and ciṟiya atti curukki; and kuruntu kuṟṟi. The text describes also diverse bones (elumpu).

The text presents some formulations of medicine and a specific plant called veṟṟi paccilai (Daemia extensa). It describes the qualities which are required to be trained in varma practice.

Size of the manuscript 23,7cm x 3,3cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered in Tamil and Arabic from 1 to 59. The palm leaves are extremely dark due to fungus infestation; the leaves 1 to 3; 50 and 58-59 are broken.