Athayam Selavu

Title

Athayam Selavu

Description

The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 28x3.5. Contains 13 leaves. Incomplete. The approximate number of lines per page is 8. Empty leaves are found in-between the text. One leaf was written in Granta script. The page number appears in the right corner in Tamil numbers. The text starts with page number 38 and ends with 49. There are various astrological calculations and timings are given in this manuscript. The texts appear in this collection are Naṭcattira ātāyam celavu, kantāya palaṉaṟiya, maḻaiyaṟiya, karināḷ cūlam, vitai aṟiya, katir koḷḷal, vināṭi nāḻikai,māta palaṉ, tiṉa palaṉ, tāra palamaṟiya, and mirukam pakṣi. Notable calculations in this collection of astrology are to know when one has to sow the land to get a good yield, the time of raining, timings that one has to do auspicious things etc. Chakras are provided for raining. The page appears with Granta script talks about whole of timing calculations. There are two handwritings are found in this collection viz., one is someone who given the title separately in a leaf and the one who copied the text. This manuscript could be used as consulting material by astrologers.

Rights

Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed

Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code

Type/Material

Palm Leaf Manuscript

Original Title

ஆதாயம் செலவு

Uniform Title

ātāyam celavu

Subject

Work Place Text

Language

Tamil

Dimensions (W x L) cm.

28 x 3.5

Catalog Number

TR 865

Identifier

AYS_GOML_CHN_TR_865

current location

Goverment Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai

Latitude, Longitude

13.06670968457052, 80.28299641485435

Current Repository ID

Government Oriental Research Institute, Chennai

List

Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai

Tag

GOML, Chennai

Workplace Text

Palm Leaf manuscript