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EAP810/22/26
- Record Id:
- 040-003534493
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132959.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/22/26
- Title:
- தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் மருத்துவம்)
- Additional Titles:
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No title (mantiram and medicine)
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் மருத்துவம்)
The manuscript is composed of a text that contains 22 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 27; the leaves 15, 19 to 22 and 24 are missing and one leaf has no number. The text, in Sanskrit prose is written in Grantha scripts. The manuscript, very dark, is in excellent condition.
The text describes some mantiraṅkaḷ with magical drawings (yantiraṅkaḷ) which are used to invoke the goddess Yakṣiṉi, Kāḷi, Kauri, Mōkiṉi and Tūmātēvi, as well as Haṉumaṉ and Kaṇapati (Ganeṣa). It presents a yantiram used to acquire long life (pirāṇa jīvātāra) and a mantiram used to kill people (māraṇam).
Size of the manuscript: 15.8cm x 4.4cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered from 1 to 27; the leaves 15, 19 to 22 and 24 are missing and one leaf has no number. The manuscript, very dark, is in excellent condition.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534467
040-003534493 - Is part of:
- EAP810/22 : G. Subash Chandran Collection
EAP810/22/26 : தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் மருத்துவம்) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534467[0026]/040-003534493
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/22
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 45 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-22-26
- 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, CTMR, Dr G. Subash Chandran and the British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Dr G. Subash Chandran
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)