Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:
Fols. 1-7: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka Fols. 8-89: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell Fols. 90-91: Extract from the Tipiṭaka Illustrations: 15 pairs of ...
This manuscript contains illustrations of Burmese Buddhist cosmology. The division of the work are as follows: 1. ʾArūpa bhuṃ 2. Rūpa bhuṃ 3. Kamma bhuṃ and Manussa bhum 4. ʾApaya bhum. There are many Pali quotations in each division.