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EAP810/5/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003534362
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534361
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132828.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/5/1
- Title:
- பல திரட்டு வாகடம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Pala Tiraṭṭu Vākaṭam
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: பல திரட்டு வாகடம்
The manuscript is composed of a text which contains palm leaves numbered from 1 to 13; the leaf n°4 is missing. The manuscript is in average condition; infestation by strings of insect’s eggs has destroyed partly a line of the text.
The text, entitled Pala Tiraṭṭu Vākaṭam, is in Malayalam. It is written in both prose and verses. It concerns preparations of medicines and magic.
The medicinal preparations concern decoctions: Ēlāti kaṣāyam and Tirāṭcāti kaṣāyam; a medicated oil (tailam) for treating tooth ache (palvali); a medicated ghī called Karuñcūrai ney, and a ney for treating infertility in women (malaṭi); a waxy medicine called Muṭṭai kuḻampu; diverse medicines whose the category is not mentioned (maruntu) for treating oligurea (nīr tarippu), fever with chills (kuḷir vāta curam) and diarrhoea (aticāram); and some medicated fumes (pukai) for treating delirium (caṉṉi), colic pain (cūlai) and anal irritation (karaḷ kaṭuppu).
The magic acts concern: the acts to mesmerise women (peṇ vaciyam) and to remove certain ingested things from the stomach (ammiyil keṇṭi vaittu eṭukka) and the incantation of magic spells (uccāṭaṉam) by using animals: frog (tavaḷai), rat (eli), chameleon (ōntu), crocodile (mutalai) and fish (mīṉ).
Size of the manuscript: 34.0cm x 3.3cm. The palm leaves are numbred from 1 to 13; the leaf n°4 is missing and there is a leaf placed at the beginning of the text. The manuscript is in good condition. A line of the text is partly damaged in some leaves due to infestation by strings of insects' eggs.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534361
040-003534362 - Is part of:
- EAP810/5 : S. Kanaga Raj Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/5/1 : பல திரட்டு வாகடம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534361[0001]/040-003534362
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 27 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-5-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- Late 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:
- S. Kanaga Raj
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)