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 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, 126 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 19 cm, W 03 cm. Author(s) of original material: Agathiyar Sidda.