பஞ்ச பக்ஷி சாத்திரம்

Title in original script: பஞ்ச பக்ஷி சாத்திரம் The manuscript is composed of a text made up of 22 palm leaves without numbering; it is incomplete. The leaves of the manuscripts, which were stuck by fungus and mould, formed a bloc. They have been separated without damage, but the half of the five last leaves is missing. The leaves are extremely breakable, making the consultation of the manuscript very difficult. The text is entitled Pañca Pakṣi Cāttiram. It concerns prediction (āruṭam), one part of astrology. The concept of the Pañca Pakṣi refers to five birds which are owl (āntai), hawk (vallūṟu), peacock (mayil), crow (kākā) and hen (kōḻi) which are used in health issues to make the diagnosis and to predict the evolution of the disease. These birds are also used by tradition-attached people to define the appropriate time to start an action and to accomplish a good deed. See the manuscript Subash _ TN_MSS42 which concerns predictions in case of disease. Size of the manuscript: 19.5cm x 3.7cm. The 22 palm leaves of the text are not numbered. Two blank leaves are put at the beginning and at the end of the text. The manuscript is in bad condition. Its leaves, which were stuck by fungus and mould, formed a bloc. They have been separated without damage. Many leaves are partly damaged by mould. They are extremely breakable and their writing is darkened.