[Wellcome MS Sinhalese 349]
Date
19th century
Topic
Genre
Summary
Yakada unukirïma (kavi saha väsagam). In verse and prose, technical instructions on iron smelting in Sri Lanka during the 18th century. This local industry is dead now. It is difficult to understand the text, mainly devoted to measurements of the furnace, various situations to avoid, etc. There is no mention of the bellows.
Notes
Palm-leaf; ff. I4 (ka-kau); 3.5 x 31.8 cm; four or five lines, 28.5 cm long to a side; quite skilled, round (bold), uniform hand; f. 11 damaged; rare technical text; written early 19th century; incomplete.
