செகராசசேகரம் வாகடத் தொகுப்பு [16th century]

This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It contains parts of a Tamil verse work written in 18th/19th century Tamil script. It is a copy of parts of Sekaraasakeesaram (செகராசசேகரம்), one of the first known works of Sri Lankan Tamil literature/texts. The original work is from 16th century or earlier. It is a medical text. The original text is based on Sanskrit medical texts of the Ayurvedic tradition. These chapters describe how to diagnose diseases. The author is known to be Agathiyar Sidda, a common authorship name taken by various authors. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 098 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 17 cm, W 03 cm. Author(s) of original material: Agathiyar Sidda.