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Thappalampuliyur, Thiruvarur

Thappalampuliyur, Thiruvarur

Cylinder; உருளை

Cylinder; உருளை

Cylindrical object with Brass top

Cylinder; உருளை

Volume Measuring Object with Cap

Spatio-temporal Change in the Occurrence of Matakku; Courtesy of:

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Images from fieldwork documenting the inscription of a standard measuring rod at Seeyamangalam Temple. The inscription is believed to have been commissioned on the order of ..., and it records a measurement in units of length.

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.

With four legs

Contains 7 leaves. Readable. Complete. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with number table from fractions to crore.

Contains 15 leaves. Readable. Complete. Good condition. 4-5 lines per page. This manuscript deals with number table from fractions to crore and named as muttappan (kanakku). A poem is found praising Lord Muruga at the end of the manuscript.

Contains 9 leaves. Readable. Complete. 4-5 lines per page approximately. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with number table from fraction to crore and has been termed as pḻaṉiyappaṉ mintirilakkam.

Contains 6 leaves. Readable. Complete. preserved in good condition. 6-7 lines per page. This manuscript deals with number table from fraction to crore. This text is titled as Karuppanna Munthirilakkam in the manuscript.

Contains 5 leaves. Readable. Complete. 5-6 lines per page approximately. bad condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, would be included in curriculum for primary level. This manuscript would be belonged to Periya Thambi, Karuppanan.

Contains 8 leaves. Readable. Incomplete. 5-6 lines per page approximately. Good condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, considered to be basic mathematics.

Contains 17 leaves. Readable. Incomplete. 5-6 lines per page approximately. some leaves are damaged. Two leaves with page number 16 and 17 are missing. But it is wrongly titled Muntiri Ilakkam. This manuscript served as a pedagogic material to the primary level students.

Contains 5 leaves. Readable. Complete. 5-6 lines per page approximately. bad condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, would be included in curriculum for primary level. This manuscript would be belonged to Periya Thambi, Karuppanan.

Contains 6 leaves. Readable. Complete. Good condition. 5-6 lines per page approximately. This manuscript deals with number table from fraction to crore and has titled as muttusamy muntirilakkam.

Contains 10 leaves. Readable. Complete. 4 - 5 lines per page approximately. Good condition. This manuscript served as a multiplication table from fraction to crore included in primary level curriculum.

Contains 8 leaves. Readable. Complete. 4-7 lines per page. preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, would be included in curriculum for primary level.

Contains 10 leaves. Readable. Complete. 4-5 lines per page approximately. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, would be included in curriculum for primary level. This manuscript would be belong to the one Mu. Karuppanan.

Contains 10 leaves. Readable. Complete. 4-5 lines per page. preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with multiplication table from fraction to crore, would be included in curriculum for primary level. This manuscript would be belong to the one Karu. Muttusamy.

Contains 48 leaves. Readable. Incomplete. 7-8 lines per page approximately. Bad condition. This manuscript deals with the pearl measuring calculations and tables. 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.

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.

With iron handel

Brass with Iron Batch on top. Belong to the Sankaran Kovil (temple), Registered year 1819 or 1829. Since it was not used in the temple, it was given to the Museum on 13.6.89