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EAP810/7/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003534385
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534383
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132851.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/7/2
- Title:
- குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறை)
- Additional Titles:
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No tittle (medicines)
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறை)
The manuscript contains a text of 75 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 75. The text is incomplete. The manuscript is in excellent condition. Written in both verses and prose, the text presents methods to preparing the following medicines:
Medicated oils: Mulaippāl tailam and Kataḷi tailam; Añcu eṇṇey and Cūleṇṇey; Piḷḷai carvāṅkam and Akattiyar carvāṅkam
Dried plant powder: Kīḻkāy neḷḷi cūraņam, Civatai cūraņam and Pālāti cūraņam
Medicated ghī: Kukkūṭāti ney and Kōḻi ney, Pūṉai kirutam
Wax-like medicines: Racakanti meḻuku, Kuṟiñci kuḻampu, Kaṇṭuca kuḻampu, Eḷḷu kuḻampu, Iñci kuḻampu, Nārattai kuḻampu and Caṉṉi kuḻampu
Electuaries: Kōtampu lēkiyam, Maṇmata lēkiyam and Taṭiyaṅkāy lēkiyam; Paṭṭai racāyaṇam and Tippili racāyaṇam
Pills: Veṭṭu mārpaṉ kuḷikai, Pūmaṇi kuḷikai and Karukkuvāy kuḷikai
Tablets: Piḷḷai ēlāti māttirai and Vātarāṭcaṉ mattirai
Medicinal product obtained by sublimation: Muppūra pataṅkam
Some medicines are mentioned for treating diseases. They are decoctions (kacāyam) for healing red rashes in skin (cikappu), eczema (karappāṉ), hemorrhoids (tacamūla); medicated oil (tailam; enney) for treating delirium (caṉṉi), leprosy (kuṭṭam), scabies (ciram), injuries in varma, discharge of pus in ears (cīkātu), poison bite (viṣa); fomentation (poṭṭaṇam) for reducing fever due to delirium (caṉṉi curam); medicine (maruntu) for insanity (cittam tēḷiya), pitta imbalance, two types of urinary tract infection (mēkam maruntu and mēka vātam) and oral ulcer (tāmarai muḷḷu); pills (kuḷikai) for reducing fever (curam); and ointment (pūccu) for poison bites (kaṭi viṣam). It informs additionally on a decoction for treating calf affected by muscular pain of legs (kēntavāli).
Size of the manuscript: 33.0cm x 3.3cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbred from 1 to 75. The manuscript is in excellent condition.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534383
040-003534385 - Is part of:
- EAP810/7 : Stalish S.M. Shejo Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/7/2 : குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மருந்து செய்முறை) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534383[0002]/040-003534385
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/7
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 151 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-7-2
- 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:
- Stalish S.M. Shejo
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)