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Ola leaf is a palm leaf used for writing in traditional palm-leaf manuscripts and in fortunetelling in Southern India [1] and Sri Lanka. The leaves are from the talipot tree, a type of palm, and fortunes are written on them and read by fortune tellers. [ 2 ]
Published by Palm Leaf Manuscript Study & Research Library of University of Kelaniya on 20 Jul 2016. "Ola Leaf manuscripts". Published by OpportunitySriLanka.com on 4 Dec 2013. Preservation of manuscripts "Traditional preservation method for oiling palm leaf manuscript leaves in Myanmar". Video by Hlaing Hlaing Gyi at the University of Yangon ...
A man known as Willy Abenayake (Gamini Fonseka) who belongs to a wealthy family in a village in Sri Lanka, is interested in superstitious things.One day he finds an old Ola Leaf manuscript, which states the whereabouts of a treasure in a rock cave that belongs to an ancient king.
In Cambodia, the palm is known as tréang (it was also known by the French name latanier), and as noted above was extensively used in the past to write religious manuscripts. [9] In recent times the leaf media has been used by traditional healers and soothsayers. The mature leaves are used to make thatches, mats and hats.
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The article reveals, "Rajaratnam had gone to the ola-leaf readers." It is said there was a government case against Raj, that he was in the stock business, that he was famous worldwide, that he had to close his business down. Rajaratnam revealed in the article that he doesn't generally believe in fortunetellers and astrologers.
Palm leaf manuscript. On the Indian subcontinent, principal writing media were bhurjapatra made from birch bark, and palm leaf manuscript. Palm leaf manuscript was also the major source for writing and painting in South and Southeast Asian countries including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia. [2]
The palm leaf manuscript shows all signs of age-related decay. Further, the order of the pages are a bit jumbled as the text does not flow from one page to another, but is more meaningfully connected to a distant page inside the book. The manuscript has not been published yet (as of 2018).