Muthu Kanakku

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"Muthu Kanakku." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/MTK_ORI_TVM_8086

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Title: Muthu Kanakku
Description: This is an incomplete manuscript of Muthu kanakku.

Muthu Kanakku is the sole text so far available to provide us the table of measurements which seemed to have been in use in the past to measure quality of pearls. The methodology of classifying the pearls, weighing it, and equating the weight to cevvu, a distinct measuring unit used to price quality pearls are given in good detail in this text. The aim of this text is to formulate the table of measuring units of pearl which could have helped the pearl dealers at the market to value the price of pearl.
An edited volume of Muthukanakku published by Palm leaf press can be found here.
Rights: Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code
Identifier: MTK_ORI_TVM_8086
Type: Palm Leaf Manuscript
Title Variant: முத்துக் கணக்கு
Title Translation: muttuk kaṇakku
Subject: Trade
Language: Tamil
Current Repository Id: 8086
Current Location: Oriental Research Institute, Trivandrum
Spatial Coverage: 8.561224477313838,76.88949070979743
Location - Physical Location: Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library, Thiruvananthapuram
List: Oriental Research Institute, Trivandrum
Tag: Trade
Oriental Research Institute, Trivandrum
Palm Leaf manuscript
References: Muthu V Prakash and Gunasekaran Babu, Muttuk Kaṇakku: Muttuk Kaṇakkatikāram eṉkiṟa Muttuk Kaṇakku. 2024. Vol. Book 1, Series 1. History Society Knowledge: வரலாறு சமூகம் சிந்தனை. Palm Leaf Press. https://palmleafpress.net/index.php/plp/catalog/book/12.