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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection EAP691: Buddhist Archive of Luang Prabang Language Pali

1. EAP691/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/1
Title:
Collection from Vat Pak Khan monastery
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this repository are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1084 Tiff images

2. EAP691/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/1/1
Title:
Manuscripts of the Vat Pak Khan in the red walled building
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this repositery are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1084 Tiff images

3. EAP691/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2
Title:
Collection from Vat Suvanna Khili Monastery
Scope & Content:
The arrangement of manuscripts follows the (internal) inventory lists of the Buddhist Archives of Luang Prabang.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1872 Tiff images

4. EAP691/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/1
Title:
Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:
With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1684 Tiff images

5. EAP691/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/2
Title:
Mulberries paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
188 Tiff images

6. EAP691/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3
Title:
Collection from Vat Saen Sukkharam Monastery
Scope & Content:
The whole collection consists of palm-leaf manuscripts (762) and paper manuscripts (87) kept at four different buildings/repositeries. The whole collection of manuscripts is under the responsibility of the monastery, along with the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organization, Luang Prabang province. The...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, Khun, Lao, Pali, Tai languages, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
20218 Tiff images

7. EAP691/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/1
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:
The largest repositery is based in the old Kuti (abode) of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thera (1920–2007), the former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. Roughly three-quarters of the manuscripts deal with religious matters. Doctrinal teachings (Suttanta), Jataka tales, but also Anisong (blessing) texts ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
6635 Tiff images

8. EAP691/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/2
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sim [ordination hall]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). .
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4322 Tiff images

9. EAP691/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/3
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. In addition to the 119 palm-leaf fascicles in this collection, there are also 15 paper manuscripts found (see below). As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list)....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
2970 Tiff images

10. EAP691/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/4
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Hò Phiphitthaphan [museum] of Vat Saen Sukharam
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). The collection is under the custody of the monastery administrati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
3367 Tiff images

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