A bilingual translation of an anthology of eight five suttas extracted from canonical collections. In Burma, this anthology itself was recognized as either canonical or almost canonical from the seventeenth century at the latest to the time of the Sixth Synod convened in 1954-56. The translation...
Single-text manuscript containing a medical work. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Incomplete. Has no covers.
A little-known medical work of Burmese origin. Composed in a bilingual form in the mid-eighteenth century or earlier. The manuscript is quite damaged and the end of the text is missing. Given the absence of other accessible exemplars, it is not clear how much of the text is missing. Likely, it i...
A manuscript fragment comprised of two folios belonging to a single text. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Incomplete (only two folios). One wooden cover, painted with red pigment on the upp...
A handbook in Pali verse facilitating the memorization of Abhidhamma materials in a systematized form. Composed by a famous fifteenth-century monk who resided in Bagan and made a travel to Lanka. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 2 inscribed folios. Auth...
Single-text manuscript for monastic ritual use. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Pressed cloth, lacquer. Complete. Wooden covers, the upper side gilded and decorated with a design (featuring three deities in cartouches) painted with red pigment, unders...