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EAP810/5/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003534369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534361
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132835.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/5/8
- Title:
- பல திரட்டு
- Additional Titles:
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Pala Tiraṭṭu
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: பல திரட்டு
The manuscript is formed by a text which is made up of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 26 and a leaf without a number. The text is incomplete. The manuscript, very fragile, is in bad state. The leaves are broken and some parts of them are missing; scripts on some leaves are damaged by mould and fungus.
The text entitled Pala Tiraṭṭu is written both in verses and in prose; It presents formulation of medicines.
The medicinal preparations concern:
Decoctions: Villai vēr kacāyam, Cātikāi kaṣāyam and Nīr kompu kacāyam, as well as some kacāyam for treating eye diseases (kaṇ viyāti), fever (curam), flatus (vāyvu) and diabetes mellitus (nīriḻivu).
A dried medicated powder (poṭi) for treating urinary tract infections (mēkam).
Medicated oils: Mulaipāl tailam and Kuruntoṭṭi eṇṇey, as well as some tailam for treating sinusitis (pīnicam), fever (curam) and diseases caused by vāta imbalance.
A medicated ghī: Kaṟpūrāti ney
A waxy medicine: Mātaḷāti kuḻampu.
Medicines (maruntu; not named) for treating diseases caused by vāta imbalance, delirium in infant at birth (piracava caṉṉi), poisoning (viṣam), gastritis (kuṉmam) and sinusitis (pīnicam).
A medicated wick (tiri) for treating accumulation of fluid in skull (maṇṭai pīnicam).
Size of the manuscript: 30.0cm x 3.0cm. The palm leaves are numbred from 1 to 26 in Tamil and Arab; there are a leaf placed at the beginning of the text and an additional leaf without a number. The manuscript, very fragile, is in bad state. The leaves are broken and some parts of them are missing; scripts on some leaves are damaged by mould and fungus.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534361
040-003534369 - Is part of:
- EAP810/5 : S. Kanaga Raj Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/5/8 : பல திரட்டு - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534361[0008]/040-003534369
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 57 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-5-8
- 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:
- S. Kanaga Raj
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)