EAP810/23/9

Titles in original script:

• நூல் 1: ரோமரிஷி விதி- 100
• நூல் 2: ரோமரிஷி ஞானம- 50
• நூல் 3: அகத்தியர் சூத்திரம் (முதல் மற்றும் கடைசி காண்டம்);

The manuscript is composed of three texts, written in verses, among them two deals with yoga and one with formulation of medicines. The manuscript is in good condition, some leaves are slightly affected by larvae.

Text 1- The text, entitled Rōmariṣi Viti- 100, contains palm leaves numbered from 1 to 19; it is complete. It is a compilation of medical information and yoga collected from many texts which are indicated by a note.

Text 2- The text, entiled Rōmariṣi Ñāṉam- 50, contains 9 palm leaves numbered from 20 to 29; it is complete. Dealing with yoga, it describes postures (Sanskrit, yoga asana) and the phases of breathing (vāciyōkam): inhalation (pūrakam), holding breath (kumpakam) and exhalation (irēcakam). It presents the mode of initiation by a teacher who has attained the knowledge (kuru tīkṣai) and the method of worshipping in order to attain perfection.

Text 3- The text, incomplete, contains 200 palm leaves which are the first (83 leaves) and last chapters (117 leaves) of a book entitled Akattiyar Cūttiram- 150. Despite the numbering of leaves of the 1st chapter is continuous, many verses are missing. The first ten verses of this part focus on the combination of three salts called muppū for which the types (Civa muppū, Cakti muppū), the method to collect the salts and the uses of the muppū.

The other verses provide information on preparation of medicines, raw material comprising metals, minerals and plants, and iatrochemical processes

Size of the manuscript: 23,0cm x 3,8cm. The text 1 is composed of palm leaves numbered from 1 to 19 and an additional leaf; the leaves of text 2 are numbered from 20 to 29; and the text 3 is formed by 200 leaves numbered 1 to 83 and 1 to 117 (the leaf n°10 is double). The manuscript contains 6 blank leaves placed at the beginning and at the end. The manuscript is in good condition; there are some trace of larvae infection.