Athayam Selavu

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Description: The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 28x3.5. Contains 13 leaves. Incomplete. The approximate number of lines per page is 8. Empty leaves are found in-between the text. One leaf was written in Granta script. The page number appears in the right corner in Tamil numbers. The text starts with page number 38 and ends with 49. There are various astrological calculations and timings are given in this manuscript. The texts appear in this collection are Naṭcattira ātāyam celavu, kantāya palaṉaṟiya, maḻaiyaṟiya, karināḷ cūlam, vitai aṟiya, katir koḷḷal, vināṭi nāḻikai,māta palaṉ, tiṉa palaṉ, tāra palamaṟiya, and mirukam pakṣi. Notable calculations in this collection of astrology are to know when one has to sow the land to get a good yield, the time of raining, timings that one has to do auspicious things etc. Chakras are provided for raining. The page appears with Granta script talks about whole of timing calculations. There are two handwritings are found in this collection viz., one is someone who given the title separately in a leaf and the one who copied the text. This manuscript could be used as consulting material by astrologers.
Rights: Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code
Type: Palm Leaf Manuscript
Title Variant: ஆதாயம் செலவு
Title Translation: ātāyam celavu
Subject: Work Place Text
Language: Tamil
Dimensions: 28 x 3.5
Current Repository Id: TR 865
Identifier: AYS_GOML_CHN_TR_865
Current Location: Goverment Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Spatial Coverage: 13.06670968457052,80.28299641485435
Location - Physical Location: Government Oriental Research Institute, Chennai
List: Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Tag: GOML, Chennai
Workplace Text
Palm Leaf manuscript

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"Athayam Selavu." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/AYS_GOML_CHN_TR_865

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