Paper Manuscript

An account ledger from a chettiar household in Karaikkudi. No further information is available.

Possibly two leaves from a kaifiyat. Kaifiyats are documents about villages prepared by village accountants. They describe origin stories of villages, land use, cropping patterns, demographics, and so on. The details of this particular record in our holdings are yet to be examined.

This along with Kālaśākkaram Part 2 is a complete handwritten copy of the Kālaśākkaram. Kālaśākkaram is an astrological text that describes the positions of planetary bodies and their purported benefic and malefic influences. The text also contains an extensive list of planetary positions, which, at first glance, appears to refer to calendrical calculations.

This along with Kālaśākkaram Part 1 is a complete handwritten copy of the Kālaśākkaram. Kālaśākkaram is an astrological text that describes the positions of planetary bodies and their purported benefic and malefic influences. The text also contains an extensive list of planetary positions, which, at first glance, appears to refer to calendrical calculations. The manuscript needs to be studied in detail to understand the role of computational processes in astrological calculations.

This is an edited volume of Kalasakkaram published by Sarasvati Mahal Library based on a manuscript by Thillanayaka Pulavar. The edited volume in prepared by Vidvan Adikalasriyar. The copy we link here is hosted by Internet Archive. Kālaśākkaram is an astrological text that describes the positions of planetary bodies and their purported benefic and malefic influences. The text also contains an extensive list of planetary positions, which, at first glance, appears to refer to calendrical calculations. The manuscript needs to be studied in detail to understand the role of computational processes in astrological calculations.

This is a hand written copy of Kanakkatikaram copied by S Chandrasekaran in 1956 from a bundle which consisted of Kanakkatikaram, Nadi Nidanam and Agathiyar Muppuvaippu. It is not clear if the actual copy is complete. Our digitised copy is incomplete.

The dimension of this paper manuscript is 26x32. Contains 54 pages. Complete. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript was copied in 1956 by Mr. Chandranakeswaran. The original manuscript from which this copy was made is unfortunately not mentioned in this copy. This manuscript contains both text and commentary.

This is a handwritten copy of Kanakkatikaram. This paper manuscript is in good condition. The text says it was transcribed in 1920-21 from a manuscript of Vadamalaranbu (?) Chettiyar, Pudunagaram, Palghat.

Handwritten copy of Kappal Saastiram, a tamil manuscript on ship building techniques. The translation was done by T. N. Appavoo.

Accounts ledger from some Karaikkudi chettiar household

Contains 86 pages. Readable. Complete. Preserved in good condition. This paper document deals with the Chettiyar family accounts.

Contains 287 pages. Readable. Complete. Preserved in good condition. This paper document deals with the Chettiyar family accounts of the 1930s.

Contains 198 pages. Readable. Complete. Preserved in good condition. The manuscript deals with day-to-day fishery accounts in the 1940s. It is sourced from a Muslim household in the Coromandel coast.

This is a handwritten copy of Nutrettutilakkam written by Mathur Saminathan. The text is classified as astrological. We need to study it in detail to understand the nature of its content.

Contains 276 pages. Readable. Complete. Preserved in good condition. This paper document deals with the accounts of a certain Chettiyar family in Karaikkudi.

An account ledger from Chettiar household/business in Karaikkudi. No further information is available.

A hand written copy of Sara Sangraha Ganitamu. However we do not know who copied the text and when.

A hand written copy of Sara Sangraha Ganitamu. However we do not know who copied the text and when.

The dimension of this paper manuscript is 27.5 x 24. Contains 31 pages. Incomplete. Preserved in good condition. 20 lines per page. It was restored from a palm leaf manuscript in 1931-32. Sirpa Saastirams deals with principles, standards, measurements and proportions for arts and crafts, particularly sculpting. The content of this particular manuscript needs to be studied both in relation to the social context and also for the sake of understanding the content.