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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Mon Level [40] File

1. EAP1123/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/1
Title:
Cet Riw Medical Text 1
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text discussing various illnesses which affect the human body. Includes various various astrological diagrams. The text appears to have been written in stages. Written in black pencil. The books has come apart, but all sections appear present. The ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
50 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/2
Title:
Cet Riw Medical Text 2
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text discussing various illnesses which affect the human body. In Mon with some Pāli. Includes various various astrological diagram and lists. Also includes some doodles. The text appears to have been written in stages. Written in black pencil. NOT...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
135 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/1
Title:
Kammathan [Meditation]
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကမ္မဌာန်းပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠရိုတ်ကမ္မဌာန်. Transliterated title: SLARUIT KAMMAṬHĀN. Palm leaf manuscript of text describing meditation techniques. Appears to be written in rhyming couplets. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 30 leaves written face and obverse. C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/2
Title:
Pagoda History
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဘုရားသမိုင်းစာ. Title in Mon: လိက်ဝင်ဓါတ်. Transliterated title: LIK WAṄ DHĀT. Palm leaf manuscript of history of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 16 faces total. Incomplete. Condition of original material: Fairly good condition. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
9 TIFF images

5. EAP1123/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/3
Title:
Five Rich Men
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: သူဌေးငါးပါးပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠပတ်သေထဳ ၅ တလ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT SETHĪ 5 TALA. Palm leaf of Jātaka story/work of literature on five rich men. Extent: 2 bundles of palm leaf manuscripts, 94 faces total. First bundle appears complete from beginning to end. Second b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
52 TIFF images

6. EAP1123/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/4
Title:
Dreams of King Kosala
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကောလသလမင်းအိပ်မက်. Title in Mon: လ္ပံပတ်သိုန်. Transliterated title: LPAɁ PAT SUIN. Palm leaf of dreams of King Pasenadi Kosala, a prominent follower of the Buddha. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscript, approx 84 faces. Incomplete - leaves missing at beginning. Conditi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
86 TIFF images

7. EAP1123/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/5
Title:
Milinda and Nāgasena Questions and Answers
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်မေလိုန်ကဵုနာဂသိုန်နွံသီုသၟာန်ကသှ်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT MELUIN KUIW NĀGA SUIN. Palm leaf manuscript of a dialogue between King Milinda and Nāgasena. Also called "Milinda Pañhā" and apparently considered a canonical text in Burma but not Thailand. Extent: 1 bundle of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

8. EAP1123/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/6
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Unknown Text(s)
Scope & Content:
Palm leaf manuscript, seems to concern divination and what people born on different days will be like. First and tenth faces start with Pali NAMATTU, suggesting that there are two texts. My main motivation for digitization was that it seems to be of late provenance and that it was, unusually, wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

9. EAP1123/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/7
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Random Handwriting
Scope & Content:
Collection of interesting examples of handwriting taken at random from the collection. Some are particularly fine; others are in ink; some appear to have letter shapes as found in Burma. NOT A COHERENT TEXT!. Extent: 40 leaves. Condition of original material: All chosen because they are fairly...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

10. EAP1123/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/1
Title:
Story of the Golden Crab
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ရွှေဂဏန်း. Title in Mon: လိက်ဂတာံထဝ်. Transliterated title: LIK GATĀṀ THAW. Palm leaf manuscript of folk story. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 38 faces. Appears complete. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible. Handwriting somewhat rough. Custodial hi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images