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Project / Collection EAP691: Buddhist Archive of Luang Prabang Language Lao Level [36] Series

1. EAP691/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/1/1
Title:
Manuscripts of the Vat Pak Khan in the red walled building
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this repositery are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1084 Tiff images

2. EAP691/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/1
Title:
Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:
With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1684 Tiff images

3. EAP691/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/2
Title:
Mulberries paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
188 Tiff images

4. EAP691/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/1
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:
The largest repositery is based in the old Kuti (abode) of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thera (1920–2007), the former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. Roughly three-quarters of the manuscripts deal with religious matters. Doctrinal teachings (Suttanta), Jataka tales, but also Anisong (blessing) texts ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
6635 Tiff images

5. EAP691/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/2
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sim [ordination hall]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). .
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4322 Tiff images

6. EAP691/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/3
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. In addition to the 119 palm-leaf fascicles in this collection, there are also 15 paper manuscripts found (see below). As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list)....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
2970 Tiff images

7. EAP691/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/4
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Hò Phiphitthaphan [museum] of Vat Saen Sukharam
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). The collection is under the custody of the monastery administrati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
3367 Tiff images

8. EAP691/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/5
Title:
Paper manuscripts housed at the Kuti abode of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:
The collection of paper manuscripts (mostly mullberry or sa paper, in a few cases also modern industrial paper) is with 72 volumes quite large. Most of these volumes are made leporello style, are either made of greyish paper and are written in black ink or are made of blackened paper and then wri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, Khun, Lao, Pali, Tai languages, and Thai
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
2643 Tiff images

9. EAP691/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/6
Title:
Paper manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:
The collection of paper manuscripts (mostly mullberry or sa paper) is with 15 volumes relatively small. Most of these volumes are made leporello style, are either made of greyish paper and are written in black ink or are made of blackened paper and then written in white or yellow ink or chalk. Th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
243 Tiff images

10. EAP691/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/4/1
Title:
Manuscripts of the Vat Xiang Muan in the Kuti of Sathu Nyai Bunchan Phothichitta Maha Thera (1920–1996)
Scope & Content:
With two exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Two-thirds of the 35 fascicles deal with religious themes, such as Sutras, Jataka tales, Buddhist chronicles, and Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of g...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
1920-1996
Extent:
638 Tiff images

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