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EAP810/5/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003534367
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534361
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132833.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/5/6
- Title:
- வர்ம நூல்
- Additional Titles:
-
Varma Nūl
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: வர்ம நூல்
The manuscript is made up of a text containing palm leaves numbered from 4 to 16; the leaf n° 5 is missing. The manuscript is in bad state. The writing of the text is very damaged by fungus and mould and the leaves are dark. The last leaf is lightly broken.
The text, entitled Varma Nūl, is written in verses. As mentioned in its title, the text concerns the practice of vital spots (varmam) for which it describes the type of pressure to apply on vital spots to treat injuries: piṭari kālam, uṟakka kālam, aṉṉa kālam and māṟṟāṉ kālam; eṭṭellu varmam, kūmpu varmam, muṇṭellu varmam, alavaṭakki varmam and taṇṭu varmam; and ciṟiya atti curukki.
Size of the manuscript: 16.0cm x 3.2cm. The palm leaves are numbred from 4 to 16 in Tamil and Arab. The manuscript is in extremely bad condition; the leaves are very darkened by fungus infestation and parts of text are destroyed by mould.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534361
040-003534367 - Is part of:
- EAP810/5 : S. Kanaga Raj Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/5/6 : வர்ம நூல் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534361[0006]/040-003534367
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 27 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-5-6
- 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:
- S. Kanaga Raj
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)