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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13656
Title:: စူဠဓမ္မဒေသနာလင်္ကာရ Cūḷa dhamma desanā lankāra
Scope & Content:: Buddhist preaching and instruction text, partly in verse, of extracts from various works; compiled by Siri Mala.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 1817
Extent:: 127 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13681
Title:: ပဌမ၁၂၁၅ခုနှစ်ကစ၍အရပ်ရပ်လှူတော်မူသည်အလှူတော်ပုံဘုရာ: ''Depictions of Royal donations at various places beginning in the year 1215''
Scope & Content:: Scenes of seven merit making ceremonies performed in the years B.E. 1215-1219 (1853-1857 A.D.). The donations were probably made by Queen Tharasein whose name appears on a paper label stuck on the back cover of the manuscript; she was a queen of Mindon (ruled 1853-1878 A.D.) Illustrations: Pain...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 folds part 1

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13915
Title:: Flora and fauna
Scope & Content:: Flora, fauna, spirit, etc. Illustrations include spirit, plants, a Buddhist monastery, zodiac figures, an elephant goring a tiger.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 24 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13916
Title:: Treatise on elephants
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is about elephants and their diseases: a treatise on elephants.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 23 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13947
Title:: ဓမ္မပဒ Dhammapada
Scope & Content:: The manuscript contains two works: (1) Dhammapada, Pali text with Burmese nissaya, copied in 1878. (2) Saddā nīti sutʿ cañʿ or grammatical index, copied in 1888.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: 1878
Extent:: 140 folios

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