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EAP810/3/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003534343
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132809.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/3/8
- Title:
- நூல் 1: வாகட நூல்; நூல் 2: வைசூரி மாலை
- Additional Titles:
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Text 1: Vākaṭa Nūl; Text 2: Vaicūri Mālai
- Scope & Content:
-
Titles in original script:
நூல் 1: வாகட நூல்நூல் 2: வைசூரி மாலை
The manuscript is composed of two incomplete texts. It is in average condition as some palm leaves have been damaged by rodents.
Text 1- This text, attributed to Akattiyar and written in verses, is composed of 12 palm leaves numbered from 93 to 104. It describes 96 types of diseases caused by vāta imbalance, 18 types of delirium (caṉṉi), among them ruttirāṅka caṉṉi, pirama caṉṉi, cītāṅka caṉṉi, tāntirika caṉṉi, kaṭai caṉṉi, puṟānēttira caṉṉi and icivai caṉṉi, diseases caused by colic pain (kapāla cūlai and vāta karappaṉ cūlai). It details medicines (maruntu) for treating delirium and colic pains and some decoctions (kuṭinīr) for treating diseases caused by vāta imbalance.
Text 2- This text, written in verses, is composed of 11 palm leaves numbered from 170 to 184; the leaves 174 to 177 are missing. It deals with the different types of exanthematous fever (vaicūri nōykkaḷ). The types mentioned are: ūtira maṇṭali, ūtiraṅkoṇṭāṉ, ūtira ekki, ūṇakkacappaṭai, kōṭaiyituvāṉ, koṇiyal pattu, uṇaruṅkaruñcappaṭai, uṇakalavakai, nīlavakai, aṉali, atukkaḷai vakai, veḷḷai mucuruvu, karu mucuruvu, veḷḷaipāḷai, maṇalvāri, aruci, ciṟumaṇali, perumaṇal vāri, koppuḷam, vacūri aḻal and uḷkāccal. It discrbes some medicinal formulas such as decoctions (kutinīr) and gruel (kañci) for treating dysentery, medicines (maruntu) for treating rhinitis caused by vaicūri and for calming pricking pain related to vaicūri. This text describes the dietary regimen prescribed for vaicūri condition, notably consumption of milk. For reducing fever, gel from aloe vera leaves mixed with fresh coconut milk is applied on the whole body including scalp (tuvālai).
Additionally, the text provided some information about drugs for treating kāl piraḻi (a type of fits) and vikkal piraḻi (a type of fits associated with hiccup), and presents a formula of an oil applied on head for treating various types of diseases.
Size of the manuscript: 32.5cm x 3.6cm. The text 1 , incomplete, is numbered from 93 to 104, and text 2, incomplete, is numbered from 170 to 184 (the leaves 174 to 177 are missing). It is in relative good condition; eight leaves are partly damaged by rodents.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534335
040-003534343 - Is part of:
- EAP810/3 : Selvin Innocent Dhas Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/3/8 : நூல் 1: வாகட நூல்; நூல் 2: வைசூரி மாலை - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534335[0008]/040-003534343
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 48 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-3-8
- 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)