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 ...
A single fascicle being a part of a single-text, multiple-fascicle manuscript containing a legal text (other parts missing). Extent and format of original material: 1 sub-series. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Incomplete. Covers missing.
Manusāra dhammasatʻ is a mid-seventeenth century legal text compiled or revised by Kuiṅʻ cāʺ Manurāja. In 1769/1770, Vaṇṇadhamma or Vaṇṇadhamma Kyoʻ Thaṅʻ, a tutor of Prince Nga Singu-min, made a new revision of this dhammasatʻ in monolingual Pali and bilingual formats. The present manuscript co...
First chapter of Vaṇṇadhamma Kyoʻ Thaṅʻ 's revision pf the Manusāra dhammasatʻ sacʻ nissaya. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 10 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, three folios kī, kū, and ko missing. Author(s) of original material: Vaṇṇadhamma Kyoʻ T...
The collection of the Tuikʻ sacʻ kyoṅʻʺ monastery in Kyīʺ kanʻ toṅʻ rvā village (pronounced Kyigan-taung-ywa Taik-thit-kyaung) is comprised of three manuscripts and one bundle of unwritten palm leaves prepared for copying. All manuscripts fall into the same timeframe (early twentieth century) an...
Multiple-text manuscript for monastic ritual use. Extent and format of original material: 10 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios. Top cover folios labelled in pencil. Red dented wooden covers marked as vā and vā. Has neither cloth wrapper, nor ribbon.
Kammavācās are monastic ritual texts recited on specific occasions, such as the ordination of a new monk, formal instruction of a newly ordained monk about the basics of monastic discipline, consecration of an ordination hall, etc. Formal recitation and silent approval of assembled monks signifi...