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EAP810/3/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003534341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132807.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/3/6
- Title:
- குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்)
- Additional Titles:
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No title (preparation of medicines)
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்)
The manuscript is made of a text containing 79 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 79; the text is incomplete. The manuscript is in excellent condition, the leaves being more and less darkened due to fungus infestation.
The text, written in prose, is a compilation of palm leaves selected from several texts (pala tiraṭṭu) which describes formulations of medicines for treating different diseases, and lists raw materials. The remedies mentioned in the text are recommended to treat all types of fever (curam) including persistent fever, children’s diseases, gynecological diseases and fertility troubles, epilepsy, tuberculosis, hemiplegia, diarrhea and colic pain, jaundice, severe headache and persistent cough, inflammation of joints, sinusitis, ailments caused by imbalance of vātam, (pakka-vāta, vāyu and caṉṉi vātam). The medicinal formulations which are exposed are: Vatuli and Ela kacāyam (decoctions) for all types of fever; Kuruntoṭṭi tailam (medicated oil) for varma practice; a tailam for gastric ulcer (kuṉmam); and Aṣṭa lēkiyam (electuary) for diseases caused by vāyu (wind), as well as Añcaṉa tēṅkāy eṇṇey and Cūl eṇṇey; Vāta rakṣa tailam, Kamalāti tailam, Veḷḷuḷḷi tailam and Navakanda tailam; Kantaka meḻuku and Iṭivallāti meḻuku; Kātairaca villai and Talai kirakam.
Size of the manuscript: 37.5cm x 3.8cm. The manuscript, incomplete, is inumbered from 1 to 79. It is in excellent condition. The two first and last leaves are blank. Its numbering is in Tamil (inscribed with a stylus) and in Arab (felt pen)
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534335
040-003534341 - Is part of:
- EAP810/3 : Selvin Innocent Dhas Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/3/6 : குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள்) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534335[0006]/040-003534341
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 172 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-3-6
- Thumbnail:
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- 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, Centre of Traditional Medicine and Research Collection and the British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Selvin Innocent Dhas
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)