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EAP810/18/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003534446
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534443
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132912.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/18/3
- Title:
- ராமாயணம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Rāmāyaṇam
- Scope & Content:
-
Title in original script: ராமாயணம்
The manuscript is composed of a text containing 73 palm leaves numbered between 3 and 199; there are 5 additional leaves numbered from 14 to 19. The leaves, which were very disordered and dirty, are extremely damaged. The text concerns the Rāmāyaṇam (epic literature), but a version which is different from that written by Vālmīki. The text, in the form of dialogue in Telugu language, is written in Tamil scripts. It is likely to have been written by Naṉṉayyā Kavi. Size of the manuscript: 31.5cm x 3.0cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered in Tamil from 3 to 199 and from 14 to 19. Numerous leaves are missing. The manuscript was very dirty and very disordered; leaves were found in 5 different manuscripts.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534443
040-003534446 - Is part of:
- EAP810/18 : P. Krishnan Collection (Manuscripts from Tirunelveli District (TN)
EAP810/18/3 : ராமாயணம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534443[0003]/040-003534446
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/18
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 155 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-18-3
- 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:
- P. Krishnan, Tirunelveli
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)