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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0125 00053

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/871286

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Gianyar

Name of collection:

Private Collection of I Wayan Wandra

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Traditional medicine

Copyist:

Anonymous

Script:

Balinese

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

38.5 x 3.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

38.1 x 3.5 cm

Text block dimension:

33 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

60 pages

Number of blank pages:

5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text is about traditional medicine and talks about ailments and their cures. It starts with how to wean a baby using pounded mengkudu and brotowali which is put on the woman’s nipples. It also talks about how to remove the placenta if it does not come out naturally and how to remove a fetus that has died in the womb. It also talks about remedies for children’s skin ailments like scabies. At the end it talks about the rituals to be enacted when a woman has died while pregnant.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᬧᬗᬸᬲᬤᬦ᭄᭟

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pangusadan

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Pangusadan

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Kawi (mixture of Balinese and Old Javanese)