Introductory blessing to open up a public recital of the Paṭṭhāna, the seventh work in the Abhidhamma piṭaka. Recitals of the Paṭṭhāna are often held for several days or nights during the cold season as a form of apotropaic ritual. The text in this manuscript was likely intended for memorization...
Bilingual translation of the method of reflection on the thirty two constituent parts of the human body. Such reflection forms one of the standard techniques of Buddhist meditation and is detailed in several meditation manuals. This text might be an extract from a larger bilingual work or an ind...
Multiple-text manuscript containing works that could have been used as preaching tools or as educative reading. Comprised of eleven fascicles only two of which were digitized within the framework of this project. The fascicles in question feature three distinct textual units. Extent and format ...
A vernacular work on military tactics comprised mostly of enumeration of factors relevant in the warfare and of types of military formations. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 10 (9+ ¾) inscribed folios, folio dāʺ skipped as a result of the mistake in fol...
A short vernacular work discussing the distribution of the relics of the Buddha after his parinibbāna. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 8 (7+ ¼) inscribed folios.
An instruction on social ethics based on the citations from and references to stories from the jātakas, Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā, Hitopadesa, poems of Mahāsīlavaṃsa and Raṭṭhasāra, and Burmese historiographic works. So far, the Hitasiddhi Maṇiratanā kyamʻʺ has been credited to Toṅʻ tvaṅʻʺ maṅʻʺ kyo...
Multiple-text manuscript containing mostly curricular works studied at an intermediate level. Comprised of eight fascicles only one of which was digitized within the framework of this project. The fascicle in question features one work. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical...
A clarification on how a monk should undergo a probation penance for contravening the rules of monastic conduct. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 21 inscribed folios. Author(s) of original material: Visuddhācāra, Mahāvisuddharuṃ Charā toʻ.