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EAP810/2/2/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003534332
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534313
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132798.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/2/2/1
- Title:
- கஜ வைத்தியம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Kaja Vaittiyam
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: கஜ வைத்தியம்
The manuscript is composed of a text of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 56 and a last leaf without a number. The manuscript is in good condition and complete. A few leaves are slightly damaged by larvaes. The text, entitled Kaja Vaittiyam, is written in verses, It deals with the behaviour and the characteristics of elephants, It explains how to categorise the elephants according to their bodily features, notably their skin colour, physical structure and age. The text provides information on pregnancy, and on diagnosis and treatment of elephant diseases. It indicates the different measure of aṅkucam, i.e, the stick used to control elephants. The text seems to be an adaptation and translation from the Sanskrit text Gaja Śāstra (kaja being the Tamil orthography for the sanskrit word gaja) written by Pālakappiyar Muṇi, edited with translation in Tamil by K.S.Subrahmanya Sastri, and summary in English by S. Gopalan. This present text was published in 1958 by The Trichinopoly United Printers, Tiruchirapalli.
Size of the manuscript: 19.4cm x 3.1cm. The palm leaves are numbered from 1 to 56, the last leaf being not numbered. The manuscript is in good condition and complete. A few leaves are slightly attacked by larvaes.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534313
036-003534331
040-003534332 - Is part of:
- EAP810/2 : Centre of Traditional Medicine and Research Collection
EAP810/2/2 : Manuscript from Salem (SA)
EAP810/2/2/1 : கஜ வைத்தியம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534313[0002]/036-003534331[0001]/040-003534332
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 115 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-2-2-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1870-1930
- 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, Centre of Traditional Medicine and Research Collection and the British Library
- Information About Originals:
- CTMR
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)