Identification
Alternative names of the manuscript itself (not of a work)
BnF Tamil 1
, BnF Tamoul 1
Located in (Site)
Shelfmark
Indien 1
Accession number
Indien 1
Stored in (Institution)
Other number
Tamoul 1
Former identifier
Ariel 141
Basics
Works contained
Script
Tamil
Table of contents
Single-text manuscript. In the present manuscript the work consists of 128 stanzas. Successively:
An invocatory stanza.
3 stanzas of pāyiram, “preface” , also titled kuruvaṇakkam, “hommage to preceptor”.
The main text (mūlam), divided in 12 chapters, each of 10 stanzas.
A kind of postface in 4 stanzas, explaining the origin of the work.
Year (Gregorian calendar)
1854
Scholarship and Resources
Resources
Scan
Physical
Material
Palm-leaf
Condition
Good
Physical completeness
Complete
Number of folios
22
Lines per page
8