EAP810/1/1/86

Titles in original script:

நூல் 1: (பிள்ளை பிணி)நூல் 2: பிள்ளை பிணி மருந்துகள்;

The manuscript contains two texts dealing with pediatric diseases. The texts are written in verses; they are incomplete. The manuscript is extremely damaged by insects, very fragile and dark. The extremities of palm leaves were covered by strings of eggs so that some written lines have disappeared. Numerous leaves are broken or missing.

Text 1- The text contains palm leaves numbered from 1 to 213. It describes pediatric diseases, their typology, clinical features and treatment. The diseases specified are: infection caused by birds or by bad evil (tōṣa) with their treatment and method of pacifying the evil energy (annōykkāṉa maruttuvam maṟṟum kaḻippu), types of indigestion such as pōrmāntam, tuṭṭu māntam and viṣa māntam; convulsion (piraḷi); as well as types of fever: vāta curam, pitta curam, vāta pitta curam, cīta vāta curam, vāta cīraṇa curam, vāta cōkai curam, kuḷir vātacuram, cala vātacuram, vātapitta kalanta curam, pitta cileṟpa curam, pitta tāka curam, pitta viṣa curam, pittāti curam, atti curam, pitta cōkai curam, pitta aticāra curam, māṟal curam, pitta acīraṇa curam, retta pitta tāka curam, pitta caṉṉi curam, retta tāpa curam, retta pitta utira curam, retta karṇika pitta curam, virṇa pitta curam, pitta makā curam, cileṟpaṇa pitta curam, cala pitta curam, cileṟpaṇa vāta curam, cileṟpaṇa māṅkica curam, cileṟpaṇa kaṇai curam, cileṟpaṇa nīr tōṣa curam, cīta aticāra curam, cileṟpaṇa majjaiyāti curam, cileṟpaṇa mēka curam, cileṟpa caṉṉi curam, atti curam, mānta curam, aticāra curam, vali curam, veppu curam, caṉṉi pāta curam, pūta curam, majjai caya curam, nīr kuruti curam, āmai curam, ciṅkuvai curam, karunāka curam, āmpal curam, caṉṉi curam, amirta curam, kaṇṭamāñcuram, kaṇma matti curam, cantaṉa curam, ativiṣa curam, kuṇṭala curam, manta curam, veppu pāvai curam, ākami curam, aṉutāra curam, kokkari curam, māṟal cura vakaikaḷ and mantāti curam.

Text 2- The text is composed of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 13 leaves. It describes medicinal formulations used in peadiatrics diseases. There are decoctions, Cīṉappa kaṣāyam and Vilva illai kaṣāyam as well as a kaṣāyam for healing red rashes in children (cikappu); a medicated ghī, Amirta cañcīvi ney; an oil (eṇṇey) and a medicated ghī (ney) for treating types of eczema (karappāṉ, ceṅkarappān, cikappu karappāṉ); an eṇṇey for indigestion (māntam); and pills, Cura kuḷikai, Cātikkāy kuḷikai and Elāti kuḷikai.

Size of the manuscript 23,8cm x 3,4cm. The palm leaves of the text 1 are numbered from 2 to 213 in Arabic. The leaves 98 to 109, 133 to 150, 169, 170, and 198 to 208 are missing; a leaf is numbered 54 and 55. The text 2 is composed of leaves numbered from 2 to 13; it is close by a blank leaf. The manuscript is in extremely bad condition and very damaged by insects. Numerous leaves have scripts damaged by insects' egg strings. The text 2 is particularly darkened by fungus.