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EAP810/4/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003534356
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534353
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132822.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/4/3
- Title:
- மார்கண்டேயன் கதை (A)
- Additional Titles:
-
Story of Mārkaṇṭeyaṉ (A)
- Scope & Content:
-
Title in original script: மார்கண்டேயன் கதை (A)
The bundle is composed of 9 palm leaves; it is incomplete.
The part relates the wedding of Mirukaṇṭu and Marutuvati, the longing of the couple for conceiving, and their prayers to Ṥiva, requesting to be blessed of a child.
Size of the manuscript: 60.0cm x 3.8cm. The numbering is visible only on the leaves 1 and 19 as the other leaves are partly broken. The manuscript is extremely fragile and breakable.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534353
040-003534356 - Is part of:
- EAP810/4 : V. Prem Anand Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/4/3 : மார்கண்டேயன் கதை (A) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534353[0003]/040-003534356
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 20 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-4-3
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th 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:
- V. Prem Anand
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)