Manai Saastiram

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Description: The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 23.5 x 3. Contains 41 leaves. 6 lines per page approximately. Incomplete. Readable. Almost the left portion of all of the manuscripts are damaged. This manuscript contains both text and commentary. Beginning with the quality of the sculptor, this text details the beneficial star for the owner, measuring land for construction, measuring scale, trees for suitable varnas are listed and detailed. This text could probably be pedagogical material for schools.
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: மனை சாஸ்திரம்
Title Translation: maṉai cāstiram
Subject: Architecture
Language: Tamil
Dimensions: 23.5 x 3
Current Repository Id: TR149
Identifier: MNS_GOML_CHN_TR_149
Current Location: Goverment Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Spatial Coverage: 13.06670968457052,80.28299641485435
Location - Physical Location: Government Oriental Research Institute, Chennai
List: Goverment Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Tag: GOML, Chennai
Palm Leaf manuscript
Architecture

"Manai Saastiram." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/MNS_GOML_CHN_TR_149