Kummi
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10857
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Tamil
Creator
kaaveeriyappappillai and Tiyaakaraaca
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_001917
Manuscript No.
RE10857p
Title Alternate Script
கும்மி
Language
Script
Scribe
Kāveeriyappappillai and Tiyākarāca
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
14
Folio Range of Text
171a - 184a
Folios in Bundle
262
Width
4.5 cm
Length
35 cm
Bundle No.
RE10857
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Vedaranyam
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains 103 Tamil songs which are sung in unison with music and dance. This dance is called kummi which is of 2 kinds: Vālaikkumi and ñānakkummi. The former is indulged by girls (bālā, vālai). The latter concerns itself with the aspect of knowledge of truth and world. Songs under both these heads are varied and the songs in the text under notice, which belong to the second kind, are different from those in the printed edn. Vide:- periya ñāṉakkoovai - B. Ratna Nayakar and Sons, Madras
Manuscript Beginning
cāttiraveetapurāṇākamattaittavaṟeṉṟu coṉṉa camayattilee yuLacūttiraṅkaL(Luṃ) veLikkavormayakkummi colla parāparaṉ kāppāme
Manuscript Ending
aLvaṟṟiṭum cootiyāyniṉṟa pātame tutiyamanaittiyuṃ ñāṉappeṇṇe 103 kummi muṟṟum।
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
175.16
Key
manuscripts_001917
Reuse
License
Cite as
Kummi,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on April, 20th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379066