A fragment of a bilingual translation of Saṅgharakkhita's work on Pāli composition and rhetoric. Subodhālaṅkāra, known in Burma under abbreviated title Ālaṅkā, is a common curricular text studied by Burmese monks. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was usually studied at the final s...
Rvā raṅʻʺ kyoṅʻʺ monastery (pronounced Ywa-yin-kyaung) in Panʻʺ toṅʻʺ village (pron. Pa-daung) holds a mid-sized collection of palm-leaf manuscripts dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Very few of these manuscripts (SB-PD-YYK 002, 029) were produced for that place or another monas...
Single-text manuscript containing a Vinaya text. An autograph copy of an edition of a Vinaya text in monolingual Pali. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Complete. Thin wooden covers, painted ...
A Vinaya subcommentary in monolingual Pali. Edited by Haṃ laṅʻʺ Charā toʻ Gambhīrābhilaṅkāra mahādhammarājāguru (Ketumālā) who, by the time of composition, has received two newer monastic titles Ketusaddhammadhaja mahādhammarājāguru and Kavindābhisīrisudhammadhaja mahādhammarājaguru. Custodial ...
Illustrated divination manuscript dealing with celestial omens. No other similar manuscripts are known to the cataloguer at the time of cataloging. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 9 inscribed folios.
Single-text manuscript containing Vinaya materials. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Red pigment decoration on the sides. Complete. Covers added by the project team. Owner(s) of original material: Ūʺ Ukkaṃsa.