அகத்தியர் கர்ம சூத்திரம்

Title in original script: அகத்தியர் கர்ம சூத்திரம் The manuscript is made up of a text whose the palm leaves are numbered from 1 to 81. There are two leaves n°41, the text is complete. The manuscript is in good condition. The leaves are very darkened by fungus and their edges are slightly damaged by strings of insect’s eggs, but reading of the text is not affected. The text, entitled Akattiyar Karma Cūttiram, is written in verses. It presents various diseases with their types, clinical features and formulations of medicines to treat them. It explains the way to improve the karma in order to get rid of these diseases. The diseases concern tuberculosis (cayam), disease similar to cancer (puṟṟu nōy), disease caused by vāta imbalance, fever (cura nōy), gastritis (kuṉma nōy), flatus (āṉanta vāyu), dysentery (kirāṇi nōy), urinary tract infection (mēkam), carbuncle (piḷavai), skin disease (kuṭṭam), leprosy (kuṟai nōy), convulsions (vali nōy), insanity (kirikai nōy), enlargement of lymh node in neck region (kaṇṭamālai) and eye disesases (kaṇ viyāti). Size of the manuscript: 23.8cm x 3.7cm. The palm leaves are numbred from 1 to 81 in Tamil and Arab; two leaves are numbered 41. The manuscript is in good condition. The leaves are very darkened by fungus and their edges are slightly damaged by strings of insect’s eggs, but reading of the text is not affected.