Antiquities -- India -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Ashtanga Hridaya
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231190072]
Identifier: MSS 4149
Scope and Contents
An ancient medical textbook originally written in Sanskrit circa 400 AD and transcribed into Malayalam on palm leaves, circa 18th or 19th century. Consists of 100 leaves, 2 by 18 inches. Leaves one, two, and one hundred are blank, all others contain text written in small, neat hand in Malayalam, the Indian language spoken in Kerala. The manuscript is protected by two wooden teak boards and encased in a burlap bag.
Dates:
400-1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections