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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14447
Title:: Yogavacara manual (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Fragment of a manual of a Buddhist mystic (yogāvacara) explaining various stages of purification of the mind by meditation. It sets out the means and plans for practising meditation as an ethical self-training. The manual, in its original complete form, is known to list 112 types of meditation a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 9 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14464
Title:: Buddhist texts and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Extracts from Vinayapitaka: Parivara, Suttavibhanga, Parajika. Extracts from Suttantapitaka: Dighanikaya, Brahmajalasutta. Extracts from Abhidhammatika: Dhammasangani, Vibhanga, Dhatukatha, Puggalapannatti, Kathavatthu, Yamaka, Mahapatthana. Phra Malai (Maleyyatheravannana): Legend of a famou...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1880-1920
Extent:: 97 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14479
Title:: พระมาลัย Phra Malai and extracts from the Tripitaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) and the legend of Phra Malai. Fols. 1-4: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā - Puggalapannati - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka - Mahāpatthāna Fols. 5-9: Sahassaneyya Fols. 10-93: Māleyyattheravannanā (Phra Malai) Illustrations: Eight paired i...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1850-1899
Extent:: 93 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14524
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: The legend of Phra Malai, the monk believed to have travelled to the Buddhist heavens and hell. With extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) for chanting. Colophon in Khom script on upper pastedown folio. Fols. 1-4: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra - Pārājika Fols. 4-5: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - B...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1850-1900
Extent:: 90 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14525
Title:: Buddhist texts and Phra Malai พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Extracts from Tipitaka and the legend of Phra Malai, a monk who was believed to have travelled to the Buddhist heavens and hells. Fols. 1-7: Extracts from Abhidhammamātika Fols. 7-83: Phra Mālai Illustrations: Six paired illustrations show scenes from the Ten Birth Tales and one paired illus...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1850-1900
Extent:: 83 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14526
Title:: มหาพุทธคุณ Mahābuddhagunā and other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Mahābuddhagunā and Abhidhamma extracts with Thai commentary sponsored by Khrua Rak of Wat Prasat (Phetburi?) and written down by scribe Sami (or Samian?) Ratanachot. Partially fragmented. Fols. 1-19: Buddhagunā (fragment) Fols. 20-64: Extracts from Abhidhammamātika - Dhātukathā - Puggalapannat...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 64 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14535
Title:: Fortune telling book
Scope & Content:: Fortune telling book, fully illustrated with line drawings and diagrams.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Shan
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14559
Title:: Buddhist texts and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย, with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales ทสชาติ
Scope & Content:: Buddhist texts. Phra Malai. Colophon on fol. 92, without a date, identifies the sponsors of the manuscript: Pho Phlai and Mae Thap. Illustrations: 16 pages with finest illustrations from the Ten birth tales and from the legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 92 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14560
Title:: Phra Malai พระมาลัย and extracts from the Vinayapitaka and Abhidhammapitaka
Scope & Content:: Fol. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Parivara. Fol. 4-5: Abhidhammatika. Fol. 5: Vibhanga. Fol. 5-6: Dhatukatha. Fol. 6: Puggalapannati, Kathavatthu, Yamaka. Fol. 6-7: Mahapatthana. Fol. 7-93: Phra Malai (Maleyyattheravannana) Illustrations: Eight paired illustrations in good quality, depicting four ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1860-1910
Extent:: 93 folios

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