Indien 143. Ariel Papers: Official Documents (Tamil)

Bound codex, made of folios of various measurements and types of paper. Contains copies, commissioned by Édouard Ariel (as attested by his autograph colophons), of official documents in Tamil pertaining to Pondicherry. Bears the title Putuccēri Tiṉacaritai Camaracam on the spine.

See also BnF Indien 158.

Contains:

• Various documents in Tamil (f1 sqq.).
• Letters by Ānandaraṅga in Tamil (f88 sqq.).
• Peace of Paris set of treaties (1783) translated in Tamil (f310 sqq.).
• Vīraṉāyakkar Tiṉacaritai (f320 sqq.).

A composite manuscript treated here as a multi-text manuscript for the sake of convenience.

Description based on the examination of the original manuscript (October 2021).

Dimensions assessed at the time of examination.

Contents (Composite)

(U1) Putuccēri Tiṉacaritai Camacaram

• Completion statement

  [463v] [5] muṟṟiṟu

• Colophon

  [1v]
  [1] copié par Rattinam.
  [2] collationné par lui{i.e. Rattinam} & Djaganaden (juin 1849).

• Colophon

  [53v]
  [1] copié par Rattinam.
  [2] collationné par lui{i.e. Rattinam} & Djaganaden
  [3] revu par moi {i.e. Ariel} (1849).
  [4] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [88v] [1-3] […] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [259r] [19-22] […] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [260r] [21-25] […] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [262v] [1-5] […] EA

• Colophon

  [264v] [18-19] […] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [270r] [25-27] […]
  [28] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [271r] [27-28] […]
  [29] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [272r] [8-11] […]
  [12] EA{that is, Ariel initials signature}

• Colophon

  [309r] [1-6] […]

• Colophon

  [309r] [28-29] […]

• Colophon

  [310v] [1-3] […]

• Colophon

  [318v] [11-13] […]

• Colophon

  [319v] [31-33] […]

• Colophon

  [321r] [1-3] […]

• Colophon

  [464r] [9-14] […]

• Colophon

  [464v] [1-16] […]

Paratexts

• title, spine: Title printed in printed in golden letters on the spine:

  
  [1] putuccēri
  [2] tiṉacaritai
  [3] camaracam

• shelfmark, spine: BnF shelfmark sticker: “INDIEN 143” (spine).
• (CoverFront) shelfmark, cover, front: BnF shelfmark sticker: “INDIEN 143” (front cover, verso).
• (u1) shelfmark: BnF shelfmark in black pencil (f[1]r):

  
  [1] Tamoul
  [2] N° 143

• (u1) title: Title in black pencil (f[1]r):

  
  [1] putuccēri
  [2] tiṉacaritai
  [3] camaracam

• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [1r] [1] śrīṟāmaceyam
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [52r] [1] {piḷḷaiyār cuḻi (short)} śrīṟāmaceyam
• (U1, T1) titre: [53r] [1] Lettres & pièces diverses
• (U1, T1) title: [88r]
  [1] Lettres d’Anandaranga.
  [2] annee Akshaya. 1746.
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [258r] [1] śrīce
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [260r] [1] śrīrāmaceyam
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [265r] [1] rāmace
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [267r] [1] rāmace
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [271r] [1] śrīṟāmajeyam
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [272r] [1] śrīce
• (U1, T1) titre: [310r] [11-13] Traité de Versailles (3 7bre 178(3)).
• (U1, T1) intertitle: [311r] [1] mutal attiyāyam
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [318r] [1] śrīṟāmaceyam
• (U1, T1) title: [320r]
  [1-2] vīrāṉāyakkar tiṉacaritai
  [3] du 25 juin 1778 au 18 juillet 1792.
• (U1, T1) blessing (prose): [464r] [1] śrīmaceyam

Transcription conventions
() indicates unclear text. [] indicates text supplied or corrected by the cataloguer. {} indicates a note. […] 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.