<title xml:lang="ta">Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ Cūṭāmaṇi Emmanuel FRANCISCNRS, CEIAS UMR 8564, EHESS/CNRS TST Project 2023 Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits Indien 91 Tamoul 91Ducler 33 https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc1035500https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52515984w

The Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ Cūṭāmaṇi, also known as Cūṭāmaṇi Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ and Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ, is a work on astrology by Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ (possibly 12th or 13th century according to Zvelebil 1995, p. 720). It is not to be confused with the homonym work by Maṇṭalapuruṭaṉ. See Sweetman (2012, p. 95).

The work (mūlam & urai only) is complete, with kāppu and 457 verses. The urai is very basic.

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

Dimensions assessed at the time of examination.

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See BnF Indien 88, 89, 90.

Rounded edges.

 {1} + 4 + + 158 + {1} (U1 + U2 + U3 + U4). the front cover.1 folio = Title Page. No foliation. Verso blank.4 folios = lists (days, months, years of the Jovian cycle, etc.). Tamil foliation {1}, 2-4.158 folios = Mūlam & Urai. Tamil foliation 1-158. Parallel Arabic foliation 1-158.1 folio = back guard leaf. Blank recto verso.the back cover.Excellent state of preservation. Note in black ink on a paper sheet, by Velanguani Arokium: Mr Duclerque N° 7 intitulé oullemoudéyane, ou traité d'astrologie, et non pas d'astronomie, (sans nom d'auteur). A later hand added: Ce n'est ni astrologie ni astronomie The number is that found in the catalogue of Velanguani Arokium (1845). BnF shelfmark sticker: INDIEN 91 (front cover, recto).Left-marginal intertitles.

Original brown wood covers.

 No internal date. Dated to circa 1828 by Vinson (1868) and to 1828 by Cabaton (1912) by Cabaton (1912), on unstated grounds (presumably Ducler's provenance). By Ducler's scribe, working around 1830. Probably not before 1828 (date of the earliest internally dated Ducler's manuscript). Not later than its first mention (Burnouf 1832). South India, Pondicherry State, Karikal.

Copied for Philippe Ducler by an unnamed copyist in Karaikal Jail. See Burnouf (1832).

Acquired, July 22nd, 1833, from Philippe Ducler. See BnF, département des Manuscrits, inventaire 1 = Acquisitions: manuscrits et imprimés documentaires, 1833-1848, no. 89.

 Cūṭāmaṇi Uḷḷamuṭaiyāṉ uraiyuṭaṉ (cōtiṭa nūl). Ed. by Cattiyapāmā Kāmēsvaraṉ. Tañcāvūr: Tañcāvūr Makārājā Carapōjiyiṉ Caracuvati Makāl Nūlakam. 2007.Burnouf, Eugène. 1832. “Rapport fait au Conseil, dans la séance du 2 juillet 1832, sur les collections de manuscrits et de dessins rapportées de l’Inde par M. Ducler, administrateur de Carical, membre de la Société asiatique.” Journal asiatique 10, p. 84-87. — See p. 90, n° 33.Cabaton, Antoine. 1912. Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indo-chinois & malayo-polynésiens. Bibliothèque nationale. Département des manuscrits. Paris: E. Leroux. — See p. 17.Rosny, Léon de. 1868. “La bibliothèque tamoule de M. Ariel, de Pondichéry.” In: Variétés orientales (pp. 177‒224). Paris: Maisonneuve.Sweetman, Will & R. Ilakkuvan. 2012. The Bibliotheca Malabarica: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg’s Tamil Library: An Annotated edition and translation. Pondicherry: EFEO and IFP. (Indologie no. 119).Velanguani Arokium [Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi Ārōkkiyam]. 1845. Catalogue des manuscrits tamouls de la Bibliothèque royale. BnF NAF 5443. — See p. 10, n° 7.Vinson, Julien. 1868. Manuscrits tamouls. Proofreadings of the catalogue for Tamoul 1-204 (old shelfmark). Printed by the atelier oriental de l’Imprimerie nationale. BnF “4-IMPROR-77 (B)”. — The same proofreadings with black ink handwritten corrections are found in Vinson et al. (1866-, f1-f49). — See p. 25.

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.     

Record created by Emmanuel FRANCIS.Revised by Emmanuel FRANCIS. Version 1, May 2022. Astronomie & Astrologie. ou Oullamoudèan. blank page hari Ōm naṉ ṟāka ñāyaṟu tiṅkaḷ cevvāy putaṉ viyāḻam veḷḷi caṉi Āka vāram ~ 1k=ku nāḷ ~ 7 mātam ~ 1k=ku vā ram ~ 4 ~ cittirai vaikāci Āṉi tuvāparayukam kaliyukam Āka yukam ~ 4 Inta nāluṅ kuṭiṉatu catuṟiyukam hari Ōm naṉṟāka kuru vāḻka kuruvē tuṇai Uḷḷamuṭai cūṭāmaṇi tiruvākkuñ ceykarumaṅ kaikūṭuñ ceñcōṟ peruvākkum pīṭum pe rukku muruvākkum mātalāl vāṉō ru māṉai mukattāṉaik kā talāṟ kūppuvā taṅkai Ulakoru ~ Eṉpatu ~ kaṭavuḷ vāḻttu ~ 1 ~ cōmakiraṇāmuṟṟum = 456 = nāḷ pakkam aṟiyum paṭi Eṉṟa v-āṟu = 457 = Uḷḷamuṭai cūṭāmanī ñiṟaivē niṉṟatu muṟṟum = patam vaṇaṅki y-eḻuti muṭintatu niṟai vēṟiyatē = muṟṟum =