Varmaratna
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE04164
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_000421
Manuscript No.
RE04164c
Title Alternate Script
वर्मरत्न
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Bad
Folios in Text
7
Folio Range of Text
22a - 28a
Lines per Side
9 - 11
Folios in Bundle
28
Width
4 cm
Length
16.3 cm
Bundle No.
RE04164
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Tirunelveli
Miscellaneous Notes
Varma which means armour is a special kind of tratment of the body by massage, either to make it strong, or to cure the diseases such as arthritis etc. This school of treatment is wellknown in the siddha system of Tamilnad. Varma is also known to be a topic dealing with wrestling and most probably this is a text which deals with this topic. It describes varmaratna, the best of the armour which śiva gave with directions to kumāra to defeat the demon tāraka in battle. Fol. 22-23 are much damaged and have lost portions. Fols. 24 to 27 have only a little portion at the left end, the remaining being lost
Manuscript Beginning
senādhipatyandevānāṃ........ṣaḍānanaḥ।
Manuscript Ending
.......ṇa mayā vaktuṃ na śakya ........śrīgurubhyo namaḥ।
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
42.3
Key
manuscripts_000421
Reuse
License
Cite as
Varmaratna,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 7th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/377570