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EAP1260/1/14
- Record Id:
- 040-004396223
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004396209
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172835848.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1260/1/14
- Title:
- மருத்துவம்
- Additional Titles:
-
Maruttuvam
- Scope & Content:
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This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil verse in the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. It consists details of oil for breast milk related discomfort, illnesses of the nostrils, headaches, other bodily aches, massage oils, chest cough, rodent bites, colds. It mentions various kinds of ghee made of a plant Audha toda vesica, cumin, ginger ghee and senkaruppan ghee. The last term is unique and refers to a specifc ingredient of that name. It mentions medicinal powder for piles, potion for stomach ache, oil for the cure of small tumours, cure for dehydration, phlegm accumulation due to various diseases. It also provides rules for using pulse rates, fevers etc. while diagnosing an illness.
Extent: 114.0.
Size and dimensions of original material: L 29 cm, W 3.4 cm.
Original institution reference: 14.0.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Sri Lankan Tamil Palm-Leaf Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004396209
040-004396223 - Is part of:
- EAP1260/1 : சிவகுமாரி கிருஷ்ணராஜா சேகரம்
EAP1260/1/14 : மருத்துவம் - Hierarchy:
- 032-004396209[0014]/040-004396223
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1260/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 114
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1260-1-14
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1800-1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)