கணக்கு மற்றும் ஜோதிடம்

Alternative Title

kaNakku maTTrum jootiTam, (Mathematics and Astrology) I

Content Type

Manuscript
Text

Era

19th - 20th century

Language

Script

Script Details

in Tamil script - From Left to Right

Description

This collection consists of Palm leaf bundles related to vernacular mathematics and Astrology. It contains 526 palm leafs written on both sides with Tamil script. It deals with muttukaNakku, cilpacaastiram, cootiTam ariccuvaTi, vaitiyam, aaruTam and akatiyar cooTamaNi. The time period and authors details are not mentioned.

Extent and Format of Original Material

This collection consists of 7 manuscripts with 526 palm leafs.
Height 2cm to 4.5 and Width 9 cm to 40cm.
The palm leaf bundles were kept with systematic arrangement by the document holder. The bundles were segregated into different files according to topic. However the internal ordering of the leaves inside each bundle was digitized as found.

Contributor

French Institute of Pondichery
British Library (Endangered Archives Programme)

Location of Original Material

French Institute of Pondichery

Series Name

Serie 1 : kaNakku maTTrum jootiTam, (Mathematics and Astrology) I

Series Number

Series 1

Level

Series

EAP Project Number

EAP1063

Reference

EAP1063-1

Extent of Digital Material

This collection contains 1066 images in TIFF format.

Date Modified

2018-03-22
2018-06-08

Key

eap1063_000002

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Cite as

கணக்கு மற்றும் ஜோதிடம், in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Vernacular Mathematics in Pre-Modern India, consulted on April, 2nd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/359815