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EAP810/17/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003534442
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534441
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132908.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/17/1
- Title:
- மாக ஸ்நான புராணம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Māka Snāṉa Purāṇam
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: மாக ஸ்நான புராணம்
The manuscript is formed of a text entitled Māka Snāṉa Purāṇam written by Vīrapattirar. It is in excellent condition. The text, in verses, is written in ammāṉai style which mixes Tamil and Sanskrit words. The text containing 371 palm leaves is complete. The Purāṇam presented in the text relates a story with the aims of explaining the benefits of taking bath in Māka mātam (mid-January-mid-February month) with a story.
Some Ṛṣi, residing in the forest, used to approach Cūta Paurāṉi to ask him to tell some old stories. One time, he related the Māka Snāṉa Purāṇam.
There was a king named Tilipaṉ. He was born in the Cūriya lineage. A day, I went to the forest for hunting. He caught sight of a hen with an extraordinary glowing appearance. Suddenly, the hen transformed itself into a Ṛṣi. Very surprised, Tilīpaṉ asked the Ṛṣi from where he was coming and why he took the appearance of a hen. The Ṛṣi replied: “Oh Almighty King, I am coming just after taking Māka snāṉam” (bath during the month of Māka). Intriguing, the King requested more explanations from the Ṛṣi who accepted to detail all the benefits obtained from the Māka snāṉam.
Size of the manuscript: 40.0cm x 3.8cm. The manuscript contains a text composed of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 371, 1 introductive leaf and 3 blank leaves. The condition of the manuscript is excellent.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534441
040-003534442 - Is part of:
- EAP810/17 : T. Manoharan Collection (Manuscript from Tirunelveli District)
EAP810/17/1 : மாக ஸ்நான புராணம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534441[0001]/040-003534442
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/17
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 755 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-17-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th 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:
- T. Manoharan, Tirunelveli
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)