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EAP810/19/5
- Record Id:
- 040-003534453
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534448
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132919.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/19/5
- Title:
- சுந்தரானந்தர் கேசரி
- Additional Titles:
-
Cuntarāṉantar Kēcari
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: சுந்தரானந்தர் கேசரி
The manuscript is composed of a text of 30 palm leaves, among them only two have a number. The text has been ordered according to the numbering of verses. Text is incomplete as many verses are missing. The state of the manuscript is excellent, with a few traces of larvae. However, the leaves were stuck by mould and they were separated without damage.
The text, entitled Cuntarāṉantar Kēcari, describes the preparation of a special medicine, not called, made up of bone of deer calcined several times with addition of plants and powdered. The author of the text, a renown cittar, claims that this product, consumed with other medicines during 48 days, enable a person to visualise Tevarkaḷ (semi-gods, usually invisible to common people) who were travelling in magical chariot (vimāṉam), and taken for more than 48 days increase the longevity of life.
Size of the manuscript: 14.5cm x 3.3cm. The text is formed of 30 palm leaves among them only two are numbered. The manuscript is in excellent condition with a few traces of larvae.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534448
040-003534453 - Is part of:
- EAP810/19 : Muthusamy Collection (Manuscripts from Pondicherry)
EAP810/19/5 : சுந்தரானந்தர் கேசரி - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534448[0005]/040-003534453
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/19
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 71 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-19-5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Early 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:
- Muthusamy, Pondicherry
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)