வர்ம சூத்திரம்

Title in original script: வர்ம சூத்திரம் The manuscript contains a part of a text entitled ‘Varma Cūttiram’. The leaves are very dark due to fungus infestation. Many leaves are broken, partly gnawed by rodents, and damaged by larvae. The text contains 34 palm leaves comprising 5 broken leaves without number and a series numbered from 158 to 190. It describes some injuries of vital points (varma): uṟakka kālam, aṭappa kālam, kalliṭai kālam, aṭakka kālam, mukku kālam, uṟumi kālam, valiya atti curukki, ciṟiya atti cuṟukki and ucci varmam. It mentions medicines to treat injuries of varma: Tacamūlāti kaṣāyam and Iḷanīr kaṣāyam; Tī tailam and Añceṇṇey tailam; Tirumēṉi eṇṇey and Kumari eṇṇey; Laṭcumi ney; Cayacurāti uṇṭai; Varmāṇi kuḷikai; and Kavaḷam. It presents also some external therapies for treating injuries of varma, among them fomentation (oṟṟal), massages (campaḷa oṟṟal) and an external application (pūccu), as well as a porridge (kañci) to enhance the cure. Size of the manuscript 34,7cm x 3,0cm. The palm leaves of the text are numbered in Tamil and Arabic from 158 to 190, The 4 leaves placed before the leaf 158 have no number but they are identified as 153 to 157 thanks to their verses' number. The condition of the manuscript is extremely bad: the leaves are broken, very dark and very damaged by rodents and larvae. Sometimes a line has been bitten by rodents.