Kapilarakaval

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE15429

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Caste System

Language

Tamil

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_003110

Manuscript No.

RE15429k

Title Alternate Script

கபிலரகவல்

Author of Text

Kapilar

Author of Text Alternate Script

கபிலர்

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

2

Folio Range of Text

73a - 74b

Folios in Bundle

131

Width

3.5 cm

Length

25.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE15429

Previous Place

Sankaranayinarkoil

Miscellaneous Notes

This Tamil text contains nine stanzas in akaval metre on the futility of dividing people into various castes. It agrees mostly with the text printed with English rendering by A.V. Subramania Aiyar, Madras 1975. It differs from the Ms. no. 837 (g) of the Tanjore Library

Manuscript Beginning

nāṉmukaṉ paṭaitta nāṉāvaḻivakaiyāṉa cīṟappinaruṃ poruL kūṟuṅkālānmutito peṇmutito nāL mutito koL(kooL?)mutito nalviṉaiḻappo tīviṉaiḻappo।

Manuscript Ending

nilaiyaṟakkaLaintu āṇuṃ peṇṇumalātukulamilaippeṇi vakuppatu piḻaiyeṉappaṭumo। tirucciṟṟampalam। kapilarakaval muṟṟum॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

276.11

Key

manuscripts_003110

Reuse

License

Cite as

Kapilarakaval, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/380259