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EAP810/8/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003534391
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534388
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132857.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/8/3
- Title:
- நூல் 1: தலைப்பு இல்லை (ஜோதிடம்); நூல் 2: சௌந்தர்ய லஹரி;
- Additional Titles:
-
Text 1: No title (astrology); Text 2: Cauntarya Lahari
- Scope & Content:
-
Titles in original script:
நூல் 1: தலைப்பு இல்லை (ஜோதிடம்)நூல் 2: சௌந்தர்ய லஹரி;
The manuscript contains two texts: the first in Malayalam and the second in Tamil. The manuscript is in excellent condition. The palm leaves are very twisted due to the presence of mid-ribs, making its digitisation difficult.
Text 1: The text contains palm leaves numbered from 2 to 35; the leaves 9, 10, 14 to 17 and 20 to 34 are missing. This text is written in Malayalam and contains numerous Sanskrit words. It informs on the daily astrological predictions.
Text 2: The text, entitled Cauntarya Lahari, is composed of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 9; it is complete. Written in verses, the text presents yantiraṅkaḷ and mantiraṅkaḷ used to various purposes: to get favourable results in litigation (vaḻakku vella), to avoid difference of opinion (pētaṉam), to remove obstacles (taṭai vilaka), to favour courage (tairiyam), to give birth (puttirar uṇṭāka), to increase beauty (mōkaṉam), notably that of the face (muka vacīkaram) as well as to invoke the goddess Cakti under the name of Tiripura Cuntari, to praise her beauty (hymns which are commonly chanted by women still today), and to visualise the goddess by performing meditation (taricaṉa tiyāṉam).
Size of the manuscript: 25.0cm x 3.9cm. The palm leaves of the text 1 are numbered in Malayalam between 2 and 35; the leaves 9, 10, 14 to 17 and 20 to 34 are missing. The palm leaves of the text 2 are numbered in Tamil from 1 to 9. The manuscript is in excellent condition.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534388
040-003534391 - Is part of:
- EAP810/8 : M.N. Hareesh Kannan Collection (Manuscripts from Kanniyakumari District)
EAP810/8/3 : நூல் 1: தலைப்பு இல்லை (ஜோதிடம்); நூல் 2: சௌந்தர்ய லஹரி; - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534388[0003]/040-003534391
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/8
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 45 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-8-3
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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:
- M.N. Hareesh Kannan
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)