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EAP810/1/1/89
- Record Id:
- 040-003534265
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534175
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132730.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/1/1/89
- Title:
- வைசூரி மாளிகை
- Additional Titles:
-
Vaicūri Māḷikai
- Scope & Content:
-
Title in original script: வைசூரி மாளிகை
The manuscript is made of a text which is incomplete. The manuscript is in excellent condition; the palm leaves are slightly stained by fungus.
The text, written in verses and entitled Vaicūri Māḷikai, contains palm leaves numbered from 1 to 51. It deals with exanthematous fever (vaicūri) for which the types, clinical features, and appropriate medicinal formulations are described. The diseases are: macules (kuru; paṉi) caused by derangement (cārntu) of vāta, pitta, kapa and the three humours; akattaruṇi; akavāḷ; civanta maṇalvāri and eḷḷu maṇalvāri; kaṟutta aṇali; muttirai piṟappaṉ; karuñcappaṭṭai; veḷutta aṇali; upputtiri, karumutiri, pālutiri, kallutiri and pūḻi kallutiri; veḷpuḷakaṉ; nīraṇali; veḷ cilanti, mōr cilanti, nīr cilanti, poṉ cilanti and veṭi cilanti; paṉaimukari; moḻukkaṉ; toṇṭai kuru; maṟumuḷ; and viṣa kuru.
Size of the manuscript 21,4cm x 3,7cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered from 1 to 51 in Tamil and Arabic. There is a leaf placed at the end of the text. The manuscript is in excellent condition. The leaves are slightly affected by fungus.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534175
036-003534176
040-003534265 - Is part of:
- EAP810/1 : Mohana Raj Collection
EAP810/1/1 : Manuscripts and items from Kanniyakumari District (collection not finished)
EAP810/1/1/89 : வைசூரி மாளிகை - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534175[0001]/036-003534176[0089]/040-003534265
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 105 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-1-1-89
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- Early 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- For research purposes only
- Information About Copies:
- French Institute of Pondicherry and the British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Mohana Raj
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)