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EAP810/23/84
- Record Id:
- 040-003534610
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003534526
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101133076.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP810/23/84
- Title:
- போகர்- 200
- Additional Titles:
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Pōkar- 200
- Scope & Content:
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Title in original script: போகர்- 200
The manuscript is composed of a text containing 7 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 6 and 2 leaves without a number. The manuscript is in extremely bad condition. All the leaves are broken or bitten by rodents, and are very damaged by larvae.
The text, written in prose, is entitled Pōkar- 200. It deals with formulations of products used in medicine and alchemy. The formulations which are mentioned are: Aya centūram, a paṟpam (calcined white medicine) prepared with arsenic (tāḷakam) to treat diarrhea (aticāra pēti), medicines (maruntu; not named) against vomiting (vānti), hiccup (vikkal), bronchial asthma (cuvāca kācam) and cough (irumal), and a medicine based on mica (aprakam) whose the diseases on which it acts are not indicated.
The text presents methods to transmute aṇṭa meḻuku, a wax-like medicine made of egg yolk, into gold (vētai), and to prepare diverse kaṭṭu (stone-like products), among them a type made of arsenic (pāṣāṇam).
Size of the manuscript: 33,0cm x 3,2cm. The text has 7 palm leaves numbered from 1 to 6 (the leaf 4 is missing) and 2 leaves without a number. The manuscript is in extremely bad condition. All the leaves are broken or bitten by rodents, and are very damaged by larvae.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of siddha medicine
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003534526
040-003534610 - Is part of:
- EAP810/23 : Suneel Krishnan Collection
EAP810/23/84 : போகர்- 200 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003534526[0084]/040-003534610
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP810/23
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 15 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP810-23-84
- 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)