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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/44/4
Title:: Khon Ming Phai Noi [1778-79]
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the mantras to be chanted in the ritual KhonMing. As according to the Ahom belief a person has 120 khons (souls) and if any of the khons run away getting scared or anything like that, they perform the ritual KhonMing where they recite this manuscript. Lak Ni Ka Rau, this ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 1778-1779
Extent:: 36 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/44/6
Title:: Pen Ka Ka
Scope & Content:: The content of this manuscript describes about the creation of the universe. Lak Ni, Kham Mvng; Dvn Chit (7th month) and Raimith months.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 19 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/44/7
Title:: Phura Long [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: The content in this manucript is about the kingdom of Lengdon. But the first folio, in image 0002, the content is some kind of historical information about a person titled Bor Phukan.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 10 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/45/1
Title:: Du Kai Seng [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: This is a fortune telling manuscript. There are images of pairs of chicken legs with thin bamboo sticks attached to them. And depending on these images, the placement of the bamboo sticks, fortune telling and procastination of any kind of good or bad happenings are done.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 126 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/46/1
Title:: Lik Ka Na [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: It is a manuscript containing strange predictions. On the last folio, image 0085, this book is named as This manuscript is named as Odbhut Kakhot Nang Khai, literally 'strange paper Nang Khai'. The writer was Doga Mo Phukan. The names of various of his family members are also given. His sons and ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 86 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/47/1
Title:: Sai Kai [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: The content is similar to the Sai Kai of Tileshwar Mohan (EAP373_TileshwarMohan_SaiKai1) and Padma Sangbun Phukan (EAP373_PadmaSangBunPhukan_SaiKai).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 24 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/49/1
Title:: Lu Di Se Khun Mvng [1802-03]
Scope & Content:: It contains a Buddhist story. It has frequent mention phura tara along which is used to refer to the Buddha.There is also mention of ni pan read as nirban which is the Buddhist concept of Nirvana. Lak Ni Mvng Rau, in the period of Kamaleshwar Singha (1795-1811). This corresponds to 1802-03.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 1802-1803
Extent:: 66 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/49/2
Title:: Paper Copy [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: It is a copied version of the first folio of Lu Di Sen Khun Mung.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 3 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/50/1
Title:: Fragments [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: The folios are too damaged to decipher the content of the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 4 tiff images

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