Palm Leaf Manuscript

What is palm leaf manuscripts?

• Writing method before the invention of papers

• Leaves of Palmyra palm or Talipot palm

• Processing of leaves

• Manus means hand(Latin) and script means script

• Durability of leaves

• Writing languages

• Innumerable ancient manuscripts available in India which deals with a variety of topics.

• Makes the text readable using natural substances like charcoal

• The study of manuscripts dealing with different subjects like ayurveda, natyasastra (science of dancing and acting), kavya (poetical composition), nataka (drama) jyotisya (astrology), ganita (mathematics) etc

Palm leaves and ezhuthani

How to write

Ayurvedic Manuscripts

• The number of unpublished and unexplored Ayurvedic manuscripts reveals the truth that, the present Ayurvedic literature is very minimal.

• Some of the well known manuscripts  include:

1. Navaratnamala

2. Ashtangahrdaya samhita

3. Gajayurvedah

4. Charaka samhita

5. Nadinjanam

• History of Ayurveda itself starts from manuscripts 

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