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EAP810/23/27
- Record Id:
- 040-003534553
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534526
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101133019.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/23/27
- Title:
- தலைப்பு இல்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள் மற்றும் மருந்துகளின் வேதியல் பயன்பாடு)
- Additional Titles:
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No Title (preparations of medicines and iatrochemical processes)
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: தலைப்பு இல்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள் மற்றும் மருந்துகளின் வேதியல் பயன்பாடு)
The manuscript is composed of a text containing 92 palm leaves numbered from 5 to 105 and 2 broken leaves. The leaves 6-9, 12, 39, 93-94 and 99-100 are missing. The manuscript is in bad condition; the leaves are more and less damaged by larvae and fungus, and some have no longer a number as they are broken.
The text, written in verses, describes formulations of medicines:
Medicated oils: Mōreṇṇey, Cītēvi eṇṇey as well as Verukeṇṇey for treating all types of fever (cakala curam).
Medicated ghī: Vallārai ney, puḷiryārai ney and Tayir ney.
Wax like medicine: Kummaṭṭikāi kuḻampu
Pills: Miruka cañcīvi māttirai and Ratta cañcīvi māttirai; Kālākkiṉi ruttra kuḷikai.
Calcined red medicine prepared from metals and minerals: Kānta centūram, Apraka centūram, Maṇṭūra centūram and Aya centūram.
Mercury-based medicine: Mirutāṅka racam
Medicines (not named; maruntu) for treating intestinal tuberculosis (uḷai māntai) and chronic fever (nālpaṭṭa curam).
The text provides information on the process to purify raw material: metals such as copper (tāmiram) and magnet (kāntam); menerals such as copper pyrites (nimilai), zinc carbonate (tuttam), a kind of arsenic (toṭṭi pāṣāṇam), camphor (kaṟpūram) and gypsum (cilācattu); and plants such as Shorea robusta (kukkil).
Size of the manuscript: 38,0cm x 3,2cm. The texts is formed by 91 palm leaves numbered from 5 to 105 and 2 broken leaves. The leaves 6-9, 12, 39, 93-94 and 99-100 are missing. The manuscript is in extremely bad condition, the leaves being more and less damaged by larvae and fungus, and some are broken.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534526
040-003534553 - Is part of:
- EAP810/23 : Suneel Krishnan Collection
EAP810/23/27 : தலைப்பு இல்லை (மருந்து செய்முறைகள் மற்றும்… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534526[0027]/040-003534553
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/23
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 187 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-23-27
- 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:
- Suneel Krishnan
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)