A collection of polemical and erudite notes by one of the key early eighteenth-century monastic leaders from the Chindwin area. Deals with the definitions of meritorious and demeritorious actions, the effects of donations to immoral monks, and proper monastic practice. Completed on 1719/11/08. ...
Single-text manuscript containing a diplomatic and historiographic document. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Originally, this manuscript had no covers. Owner(s) of original material: Indavajīrābhi alaṅkārasīri...
Extent and format of original material: 1 manuscript fascicle. Owner(s) of original material: Indavajīrābhi alaṅkāra sīridhaja mahādhammarājādhirājaguru; (later) Muṃ rveʺ Jetavaṅʻ [kyoṅʻʺ], Jetavaṅʻ Ūʺ Brū.
A message sent to Laṅkā describing the ordination of Sinhalese novices at Amarapura in 1801 and promoting contemporary Burmese ideas about proper dress for monks and novices. The message was composed on the fifteenth day of the waning moon of Kahson, 1163 [1801] and the translation was completed...
Multiple-text manuscript featuring a collection of ceremonial court poems, mostly dating to the reign of King Hsinbyushin of Ava (r. 1763-1776). Extent and format of original material: 15 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated, uncut folios. Incomplete, a number of folios have...
A poem in ai khyaṅʻʺ form celebrating royal white elephant. Extent and format of original material: A part of the fascicle comprised of 3 (2 + ¼) inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, ff. ka, kā, kī [ki] have fragments missing, chipped off. Owner(s) of original material: Muṃ...
A poem of 8 stanza in a lū tā form celebrating royal white elephant. Extent and format of original material: A part of the fascicle comprised of 3 (¾ + 1 + ¾) inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, ff. kī [ki], kī 2 have fragments missing, chipped off. Owner(s) of original ma...
A poem of 12 stanza celebrating the hoisting of umbrella on the Shwedagon stupa in the year 1136 (1774). Extent and format of original material: A part of the fascicle comprised of 5 (3 + ¼ + ¼) inscribed folios. Owner(s) of original material: Muṃ rveʺ Jetavaṅʻ kyoṅʻʺ krīʺ, (later) Ūʺ Brū.