Palm Leaf Manuscripts

The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 24 x 3.5. Contains 12 leaves. 7 lines per page. Preserved in good condition. Pages are arranged in the order. This text deals with the calculation of the planets to use in rituals and to draw yantras. Explains how to do the rituals.

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This text may be related to astrology, but its content and context have not yet been studied in detail.

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Contains 10 leaves. Readable. Incomplete. 4 lines per page approximately. Bad condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication tables included in primary level curriculum. This manuscript could be belonged to Kandhappa Chetty kumaran Marimuttu.

Contains 12 leaves. Readable. Incomplete. 5 lines per page approximately. Bad condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table included in primary level curriculum.

Possibly a collection of computational problems posed as riddles addressed primarily to students. The text needs to be closely studied.

An edited volume of Sara Sangraha Ganitamu by Pavaluru Mallana. Edited by Veturi Prabhakara Sastri as part of Sri Venkatesvara Library's oriental series. The edited volume is incomplete as the editor passed away before completion. The text is considered to be a adaptation of Gaṇitasārasan̄graha by Mahaviracharya into Telegu by Pavaluru Mallana by some scholars. However, P. V Ramanujaswami in the preface to the edited volume notes that some of the problems and chapters in Mallana's work has no parallels in Gaṇitasārasan̄graha. The extent of Mallana's original contributions is yet to be studied in detail. The chapters/books of the text are named as follows, Parikarmaganitamu, Bhinnaganitamu, Prakr̥inatiganitamu, Trairāśikagāṇitamu, Miśrāgaṇitamu, Sūtraganitamu, Kṣetraganitamu, Suvarṇaganitamu, Khātaganitamu, Chāyāgaṇitamu. A complete reconstruction of Mallana's work either as an edited volume or otherwise is not available as of yet to our knowledge.

Likely a copy of Sara sangraha Ganitamu. Sara sangraha Ganitamu is a Telugu mathematical treatise, commonly identified as Pavuluri Ganitamu, and regarded as an adaptation of Mahāvīrācārya’s Gaṇitasārasan̄graha into Telugu by Pavaluru Mallana. It is considered an important early scientific text in Telugu and some scholars refer to it as one of the earliest translations of a mathematical work into a regional language. Our collection also holds multiple paper copies of this text.

This Tamil manuscript of Sarvaartha Cindhamani may be related to the 13th century Sarvartha Chintamani in Sanskrit. The Sanskrit manuscript deals with the impacts and effects of planetary position on worldly affairs. The nature and content of the Tamil manuscript is yet to be studied to the best of our knowledge.

Contains 163 leaves. 5 lines per page approximately. Incomplete. Readable. Preserved in good condition.

Contains 15 leaves. Readable. Complete. 5 lines per page approximately. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with fraction multiplication tables included in primary level curriculum.

Contains 9 leaves. Readable. Complete. 5 lines per page approximately. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with the fraction multiplication table used as a pedagogic material for the primary students. This text is a part of En Cuvati.

The dimension of the manuscript is 17.5 x 1 inches. 22 leaves; 44 folios. Incomplete. 4 to 6 lines per page. condition is good. This text, En Cuvadi, is a pedagogic material for primary students. Contains multiplication tables and lists of Tamil years and miscellaneous things.

The dimension of the manuscript is 16.75 x 1 inch. 22 leaves, 44 folios. Incomplete. 4 to 5 lines per page. condition is injured. En Cuvadi is a pedagogic material for primary students. Contains multiplication tables and lists of Tamil years and miscellaneous things.

The dimension of the manuscript is 16 x 1.5 inches. 20 leaves, 40 folios. Complete. 4 to 6 lines per page. condition is good. En Cuvadi is a pedagogic material for primary students. Contains multiplication tables and lists of Tamil years and miscellaneous things.

The copy of tamil Kanakku we have digitised has 12 leaves. The manuscript appears to be decent condition, though it is not clear if it is complete. It deals with mathematical content. However the nature of the content and its relation to texts such as Kanakkatikaram, Kanita Nul, and Aasthana Kolakalam needs to be studied.

20 folios. In decent shapes. Possibly a compilation of mathematical riddles. The manuscript needs to be closely studied. The circulation of mathematical riddles among people in well documented in Tamil speaking region.

Incomplete. Leaves appears to be missing from beginning and end of the manuscript. A compilation of computational riddles and puzzles. This manuscript is yet to be studied.

Contains 1 leaf. 6 lines per page. Readable. Unsure if it is complete. The available leaf contains one problem. The transliteration of the text is as follows: Oru kadaikkaari sila koli muttai kondu vanthal. Athai oru yevaari(viyaabari) paiyisavukku yirandu muttai kettukkondan. Atharku aval oru muttai yirandu paiyisavukkuthaan kudukkirathenru sollinaal. Atharku avan pidiththu yiluthaan, iluththa maathirathil thavari vilunthu norungi poivittana. Atharku aval meshirittaridathil(?) solli-k kondaal. Athan piragu meshirittarum neerkondu vantha eththinai entru kelkka(ketka), atharkaval nerkku(enaku) kanakku-th theriyavaraathu, aagaiyal oru thishttanthiram ennavenraal "antha muttaiyai irandaya-p pagunthaal onru micham, munraya pagunthaal yirandu micham, naangaaya pagunthaal muntru micham, ainthaa-p pagunthaal naalu micham, aaru-p pagunthaal ainthu micham, yelaaya-p pagunthaal kanakku chariyaayirukkum. The problem is set in the context of a dispute between an egg seller and a customer. The customer ends up breaking all the eggs, and the dispute is brought before a learned mediator. However, the egg seller does not remember the exact number of eggs they had. Instead, all they remember is that if the eggs are divided into 2, 1 remains; if divided into 3, 2 remain; if divided into 4, 3 remain; if divided into 5, 4 remain; if divided into 6, 5 remain; and if divided into 7, no eggs remain.