A work in the Mughi character, written on seventy-four leaves of yellow paper, containing a system of religious observances and code of laws. Numbered က-စား. Dated 1749.
Collection of Buddhist canonical scriptures. (George Turnour Coll.)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
Palm leaf pothi format. 393 leaves signed with the Sinhalese letters ka-mli (one leaf has got the two signatures ce and cai); 8 lines on average in the first, 9 in the second part of the MS. In Sinhalese script.
Sārasaṅgaha ("Collection of the Essence"), bundles 1-13 (complete). A Pali text originally composed in the 12th–13th century by the Sinhalese monk Siddhattha Thera, a pupil of Buddhappiya Thera. Its themes include the aspiration to become a Buddha, shrines, meditation, theories on rain, wind, gen...