Indien 3. Kēṭariyammaṉ Viratam

A copy of the Kēṭariyammaṉ Viratam, entitled Kētārinātar Viratam on its additional title page.

Description based on the digital images available on Gallica.

Dimensions after Cabaton (1912).

Contents (Single-text manuscript)

(U1) Title Page (additional)

(U2a) Instruction to user, benediction, title

(U2b) Title, instruction to user, benediction

(U2c) Kēṭariyammaṉ Viratam

• Incipit

  [1r]
  [main text area 1]
  [1] śrī-kāyilācattilē paramēsparaṉum pāravatiyammaṉum ṟattiṉa-cimmacaṉattiṉ peri
  [2] lē ~

• Explicit

  [14v] yātām oruvar Aṉuṣṭitta pērukkum kēṭṭa pērukkum paṭitta pērukkum y-eḻutiṉa pērukkum cakala-pākkiyamum
  [5] varum cakala-piṭaiyu=M pōkki ṟaṣcippār kētāri-yīspparaṉ y-eṉṟa v-āṟu {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)}

• Completion statement

  [14v] kētāriviṟatam muṭintatu mu¿s·tu? [ṟṟu]m {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)}

• Colophon

  [14v] vāṇi namas·tu {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)} kētāriviṟatam muṭintatu mu¿s·tu? [ṟṟu]m {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)} śrī-ṟā=ma-ceya=M={piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (long)}

Paratexts

• (CoverFront) shelfmark, cover, front: BnF shelfmark on a round sticker in ink: “3” (front cover, recto).
• (CoverFront) shelfmark, cover, front: Shelfmark sticker (Société Asiatique?), written in black ink: “439” (front cover, recto).
• (CoverFront) , cover, front: BnF bequest sticker “DON N° [vacat]” (front cover, recto).
• (U1) shelfmark: Shelfmark “c/37” in black ink (f[1]r).
• (U1) shelfmark: Shelfmark sticker (Société Asiatique?), written in black ink: “439” (f[1]r).
• (U1, T1) blessing (formulaic): [[1]r] [column 1]
  [1] veṟṟivē
  [2] l uṟṟa tuṇai
• (U1, T1) title: [[1]r] [column 2]
  [1] Iḵtu
  [column 3]
  [1] kētārinātar
  [2] viratam
• (U2a, T2) user-related note: [[1]r]
  [column 1]
  [1] y-itu vāt=tiyār
  [2] cuvaṭi
• (U2a, T2) TBC: [[1]r] [column 2]
  [1] y-itu
  [2] yārum aṟi
  [3] yavu=M={piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (long)}
• (U2a, T2) TBC: [[1]r] [column 3]
  [1] kētāriya-s·thāṉa
  [2] ṉōṉpu y-eṭuttavar
  [3] kaḷ koṭuppatu {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)}
• (U2a, T2) blessing (formulaic), blessing (formulaic): [[1]r] civa
  [4] mayam v-uṇṭ-āka vēṇ [column 4]
  [1] ṭiyatu={piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (long)}
  [2] vāṇi namastu={piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (long)}
• (U2a, T2) title: [[1]r] [column 5]
  [1] kēṭariyamma(ṉ)
  [2] virata-c cūṭi{That is cuvaṭi}
• (U2b, T3) title: [[1]r]
  [column 1]
  [1] kēṭariyammaṉ
  [2] virutam {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)}
• (U2b, T3) user-related note: [[1]r] y-itu ṉō
  [3] ṉpu cevaṭi{That is cuvaṭi}
• (U2b, T3) TBC: [[1]r] [column 2]
  [1] y-itu-y eṭuttavarkaḷ
  [2] vācit=tu-p pāt=tu-k koṭu
  [3] ppatu
• (U2b, T3) user-related note: [[1]r] y-itu vāt=tiyār cu
  [4] vaṭi
• (U2b, T3) blessing (formulaic): [[1]r] vāṇi namastu
• (U2c, T4) header, blessing (formulaic): [1r] [left margin 1]
  [1] hari Om[2] naṉṟāka[3] kuru vāḻka[4] kuruvē tuṇai
• (U2c, T4) title: [1r] [left margin 2]
  [1] kētāriyammaṉ
  [2] ṉōṉpu virutam
  [3] y-itu yāvarum aṟi
  [4] ya vēṇṭiyatu={piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (long)}
• (U2c, T4) blessing (formulaic): [1r] [left margin 3]
  [1] civa
  [2] mayam

Transcription conventions
() indicates unclear text. ¿? indicates sic erat scriptum. [] indicates text supplied or corrected by the cataloguer. {} indicates a note. [vacat] indicates the scribe deliberately left a space. […] indicates an ellipsis. General ― Unmarked length of ō and ē supplied. Unmarked puḷḷi supplied. Conjectural reading (text unclear) between parentheses. Supplied reading (text lost) between square brackets. Alternative readings separated by slash. In transliteration ― Unmarked elided overshort u supplied as an apostrophe. Uppercase for initial vowels. Symbols between curly brackets. Abbreviations ― c = column; f = folio; lf = library foliation; lm = left margin; r = recto; rm = right margin; u / U followed by a number = unit (codicological and/or textual); v = verso.