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Single-text manuscript for monastic ritual use. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Incomplete. Covers added by the project team.
A single-section kammavācā manuscript. Kammavācās are monastic ritual formulas recited on specific occasions, such as the ordination of a new monk, formal instruction of a newly ordained monk about the basics of monastic discipline, consecration of an ordination hall, etc. Formal recitation and ...
Single-text manuscript containing a liturgical text likely intended for memorization by lay students and novices. Custodial history: Has a label assumed to be made by Ūʺ Nāga. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. H...
A bilingual salutation to the twenty eight buddhas, an unfinished copy. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 7 inscribed, 1 uninscribed folio. Physical characteristics: Complete, 2 unfinished folio [kū].
Single-text manuscript containing a liturgical and protective text intended for memorization by schoolboys. Custodial history: Has a label assumed to be made by Ūʺ Nāga. Extent and format of original material: 4 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Has no ...
Maṅgala-sutta is a canonical discourse of the Buddha on the sublect of "blessings" that had extremely broad use as a protective and liturgical text. It was the earliest items memorized by lay students studying in monastic schools after learning the alphabet. Extent and format of original materi...