Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / K.D. Somadasa.

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Library.
Date:
1996
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Credit: Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / K.D. Somadasa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Palm-leaf; ff. 11 ; three fragments of various sizes. I. ff. 9(1-9); 5 X 26 cm; 10 lines, 24 cm long to a side; skilled round hand; circular diagrams on three leaves; fragment; 18th century. Nimiti pot kotasak A fragment of an early copied MS on auspicious times, omens and divination. II. fif. i, 14(1-14); 5 X 26 cm; seven to nine lines, 22.5 cm long to a side; unskilled, scraggy hand; popular orthography; fragment; 19th century. Mantra pot kotasak A set of charms useful to forest dwellers to ward off danger from wild animals. III. ff. 11(1-11); 5 X 26 cm; mostly folk line drawings of charms; fragment; 19th century. Yantra mantra A set of amulets, charms etc., with diagrams. ws. 5 Palm-leaf; ff. ii, 81 (various foliations); three sizes of leaves, generally 5 x 36 cm; six to seven lines, 34 cm long to a side; scraggy hand, somewhat illegible; plain wooden covers; 19th-century copy. I. ff. l(ka)a-36(cu)b Varayögasära sannaya (incomplete) A Sinhala paraphrase attributed to Monaragammana thera (AD 1288-1301), on the Pâli medical treatise Varayögasära. Printed edn, Part 1, Varayögasäraya , O T S Vaidyasekhara (ed.) — [Colombo]: Subhadrâloka Press, 1914. Begin: ... sakasä vända, sakala sästrayehi pärapräpta vü pandita-janayan visin; suvutta, visesayen kiyanalada; ... ê ê prakaranavalin; särtha, udurägena; varayögasäram, varayögasära nam më prakaranaya; aham, mama; vakkhämi, kiyam. f. IIb: Bhisanga-laksanädhyäyah; f. 23a: Dravyagunädhyäyah; f. 34b: Anyanädhyäyah. End: Äddemata klndiya më kasäya mï sarkarä sahita denu, garbhaningë sarva jvara nasä. Muddirappalam mahanel suvanda-hota välmadata hiramasu më kakarä ... II. ff. 37(ka)a-57(gu)b Taila Vidhiya A Sinhala paraphrase to a Sanskrit text, on oils. Begin: Ñamas sarvajñáya. Baudhya candrasu dharme kaumude vanam sañgham ca täräkulam trai-ratnayam pranamämi bhaktya satatam vaidyañgamam tatvavit vakseham vara sobhanam munivaram granthasahaya krtim tarn tarn särartha(?)