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EAP810/22/42
- Record Id:
- 040-003534509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101132975.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/22/42
- Title:
- பஞ்ச பக்ஷி சாத்திரம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Pañca Pakṣi Cāttiram
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: பஞ்ச பக்ஷி சாத்திரம்
The manuscript is composed of a text made up of 22 palm leaves without numbering; it is incomplete. The leaves of the manuscripts, which were stuck by fungus and mould, formed a bloc. They have been separated without damage, but the half of the five last leaves is missing. The leaves are extremely breakable, making the consultation of the manuscript very difficult.
The text is entitled Pañca Pakṣi Cāttiram. It concerns prediction (āruṭam), one part of astrology. The concept of the Pañca Pakṣi refers to five birds which are owl (āntai), hawk (vallūṟu), peacock (mayil), crow (kākā) and hen (kōḻi) which are used in health issues to make the diagnosis and to predict the evolution of the disease. These birds are also used by tradition-attached people to define the appropriate time to start an action and to accomplish a good deed.
See the manuscript Subash _ TN_MSS42 which concerns predictions in case of disease.
Size of the manuscript: 19.5cm x 3.7cm. The 22 palm leaves of the text are not numbered. Two blank leaves are put at the beginning and at the end of the text. The manuscript is in bad condition. Its leaves, which were stuck by fungus and mould, formed a bloc. They have been separated without damage. Many leaves are partly damaged by mould. They are extremely breakable and their writing is darkened.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534467
040-003534509 - Is part of:
- EAP810/22 : G. Subash Chandran Collection
EAP810/22/42 : பஞ்ச பக்ஷி சாத்திரம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534467[0042]/040-003534509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/22
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 49 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-22-42
- 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)