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EAP810/15/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003534415
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534413
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132881.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/15/2
- Title:
- குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (ஆழ்வார்கள் அருளிய திவ்ய ப்ரபந்தம்)
- Additional Titles:
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No title Commentaries on Tivya Prapantam
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (ஆழ்வார்கள் அருளிய திவ்ய ப்ரபந்தம்)
The manuscript contains a text, written in prose, numbered from 5 to 60. Despite some leaves are slightly broken the manuscript is in good condition. The text is a commentary of the Tivya Prapantam which is a collection of Tamil songs composed by the 12 Aḻvārkaḷ (Vaiṣṇava saints). These songs glorifying Viṣṇu and his avatarkaḷ were sung in various reputed temples known as Tivya Tēcaṅkaḷ (108 places according to the tradition). The Tivya Prapantam was compiled in its present form in 9th-10th centuries by Nātamuṉi. It marks the beginning of the canonisation of 12 Aḻvārkaḷ whose the poems are still extensively sung today.
The text of this manuscript presents specifically the commentaries by Nampiḷḷai on the work of the saint Nammāḻvār. Although the text is of Tamil tradition, it is written in Grantha (Tamil scripts for transcribing Sanskrit literature).
Size of the manuscript: 40.0cm x 3.3cm. The palm leaves are numbered from 5 to 60; leaves 1 to 4 and 34 are missing. The condition of the manuscript is good; q few leaves are broken or damaged by rodents.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534413
040-003534415 - Is part of:
- EAP810/15 : S.P. Anandan Collection (Manuscripts from Teni District)
EAP810/15/2 : குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (ஆழ்வார்கள் அருளிய திவ்ய… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534413[0002]/040-003534415
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/15
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 111 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-15-2
- 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:
- S.P. Anandan, Madurai
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)