செகராசசேகரம் [16th century]

This material is a palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is a copy of parts of the original medical work Sekaraasakeesaram (செகராசசேகரம்), one of the first known works of Sri Lankan Tamil literature/texts. The original work is from the 16th century. It is a medical text. This manuscript also contains notes in prose. These chapters describe medicine. The author is known to be Akathiyar, a common authorship name taken by various authors. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 034 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 32 cm, W 03 cm.