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EAP810/22/34
- Record Id:
- 040-003534501
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132967.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/22/34
- Title:
- தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் யந்திரம்)
- Additional Titles:
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No title ( mantiram and yantiram)
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் யந்திரம்)
The manuscript is constituted of a text of 8 leaves without numbering; the text is incomplete. The manuscript is in good condition; the first leaf and the three last ones have been slightly bitten by rodents but the text is not affected.
The text, written in prose, presents a mantiram to favour the pregnancy (muṭṭa karuvaṅka, literally, fertility of eggs) and mantiraṅkaḷ used in black magic to force a person to shout like an evil spirit (pēy cattam pōṭa) and to dance vigorously (cutti āṭa), i.e. actions indicating that the person is possessed.
Size of the manuscript: 18.5cm x 2.6cm. The 8 palm leaves of the text are not numbered. Two blank leaves are placed at the beginning and at the end of the text. The manuscript is in good condition. The first leaf and the three last ones have been slightly bitten by rodents but the text is not affected.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534467
040-003534501 - Is part of:
- EAP810/22 : G. Subash Chandran Collection
EAP810/22/34 : தலைப்பு இல்லை (மந்திரம் மற்றும் யந்திரம்) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534467[0034]/040-003534501
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/22
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 21 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-22-34
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 2 Jun 1840-3 Jun 1840
- 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)