EAP810/1/1/73

Title in original script: மாட்டு வாகடம்

The manuscript is composed of a text containing 142 palm leaves. The text is almost complete; only the first leaf is missing and the second is damaged. The text deals with veterinary specific to cows (māṭṭu).

The diseases affecting cows which are documented concern:

Diseases caused by anthrax infection (aṭaippāṉ): piraḷi aṭaippāṉ, īral muṭṭi aṭaippāṉ, ūtaṭaippāṉ, caṅkaṭaippāṉ, eru aṭaippāṉ, caṅku nīrattaṭaippāṉ, kural aṭaippāṉ, nāḻi aṭaippāṉ, vāy aṭaippāṉ, nākka aṭaippāṉ, pal aṭaippāṉ, mūkka aṭaippāṉ, kāta aṭaippāṉ, neñca aṭaippāṉ, vayiṟu aṭaippāṉ, perumala aṭaippāṉ, kala aṭaippāṉ, pula aṭaippāṉ,veḷḷīral aṭaippāṉ, vaṟata aṭaippāṉ, kāṟṟa aṭaippāṉ, utiri aṭaippāṉ, muṭṭa aṭaippāṉ, muṉa aṭaippāṉ, piṉa aṭaippāṉ, muṉpiṉa aṭaippāṉ, kaṇ aṭaippāṉ, and enta aṭaippāṉ;

Diseases caused by poisons: maṇṭali nōy; utira maṇṭali and vellu maṇṭali; retta cenkāmāri; neñcu muṭṭi, kulaiyā muṭṭi, īral muṭṭi and ceṅkal muṭṭi (poisonous plants);

Viral infection: uḷḷutiri nōy, ūṭum kallurutiri, pullutiri, muṭaṅku pullutiri and aṭapputiri;

Burning: muṉ eripaṉ and kāl eripāṉ;

Ulcers (cilanti): utiri cilanti, toppuḷ cilanti, kurutu cilanti and kutirai cilanti;

Skin diseases (kuru): talai maṇṭai kuru and ūti kuru;

Diseases caused by vāta imbalance: pakka vātam, timir vātam and eṟumpāṭai vātam;

other specific diseases (nōykaḷ): piraḷi nōy, vekkai nōy, naṉavāri nōy, viṟuṭṭi nōy, varāka nōy, yeṟuḷi nōy, kūrma nōy, paṉṟi nōy, tavaḷai nōy, takāḷinōy, eru nōy, kuṭal piḷavai nōy, kuṭalāṭi nōy, ellu vaṟṟi nōy, ellurukki nōy, perum kuṭal nōy, paṉi nōy, kaḻiccal nōy, peru nōy, āṉai peru nōy, cantira nōy, muṉtūkki nōy, kāmālai nōy, erāmpa nōy, utiri nōy, nīruti nōy, cuḻāmpal nōy, kōḷāmpal nōy, nīrpāṇṭu nōy, puṇ pāṭu nōy, utiri pāṭu nōy, vaicūri nōy, cūlai nōy, kuṭṭa nōy, vikkal nōy, caya nōy, iḷuvai nōy, aḻaleri nōy, maṇṭai nōy, perum patti nōy, paṇṭi nōy, vepuruti nōy, nāvārai nōy, kaṇṭi nōy, kūkka nōy, kaṇṭāri nōy, mañcal nōy, ceṅkuru nōy, paṭuvaṉ nōy, mucal nōy, kaṉṉa nōy, kutteṟi nōy, kūccu nōy, perukālaṉ nōy, kunti nōy, kūkkan nōy, kompaṉ nōy, curaṭṭai nōy, pāmpu nōy, cāṇakam iṟuki nōy, kentavāḷi nōy, muṉiṟukki nōy, piṉuṟikki nōy, muṟukki nōy, neñcirukki nōy, porumal nōy, teṟi nōy, eruvaṭaki nōy, kāl nōy, vāy nōy, neḷivu nōy and pōmakāri nōy; utira maṇṭali and vellu maṇṭali; āṉai kaṭi veppu, kōrai veppu, vērvai veppu, cīta veppu, kuḷir veppu, viraṇa veppu and utiri veppu; muṭitakkaṉ and piraḷi takkaṉ; retta kaṇṭi and utira kaṇṭi; makāviṟuṭṭi; kuṭal vaṟṟi; utiri kaṭupu; ōtu paṭuvaṉ and utiri paṭuvaṉ; tenta nōvu.

The text provides therapeutics to treat these diseases, among them, the use of thermal cautery (cūṭṭukōl aṭikka viparam). It invokes also the positive influences from stars (naṭcatira palaṉ) on cows’ health.

Size of the manuscript 30,0cm x 4,0cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered in Tamil and Arabic from 2 to 143. There are some mistakes in the Arabic numbering. The palm leaf 84 is double. The manuscript is in excellent condition.