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Language Tai languages Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

101. EAP373/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/11/3
Title:
Du Kai Seng
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:
98 tiff images

102. EAP373/11/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/11/4
Title:
Khon Ming
Scope & Content:
The content of the manuscript deals with the concept of bringing back the khons (souls). According to Ahom belief there are more than one khon in anything around us and any kind of suffering or disaster is due to the escape of any of the khon if it scared or angry. This is mostly recited for the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 tiff images

103. EAP373/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12
Title:
Central Tai Academy Collection [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This collection of manuscripts belong to the Central Tai Academy and it has collected them from different sources.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
130 tiff images

104. EAP373/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/1
Title:
[Believed to be a type of creation manuscript] [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The content of the folios is religious and somewhat similar to Nemi Mang. When it was first examined, the following note was written "This is a creation manuscript. Image 0008 line 4, mentions the magic water, nam pulok and the mon seng 'diamond yolk'"
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
10 tiff images

105. EAP373/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/2
Title:
Unknown [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This is a compilation of folios from different manusripts. The first and the second folios are about unnatural happenings.The third folio is a part of Loti Amra. The rest of the folios relates to various other subjects. Image 0003 and 0004 are part of a manuscript is called 'sang han' because the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
12 tiff images

106. EAP373/12/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/3
Title:
Ap Tang [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a mantra to purify water for bathing. This water used to take bath is belived to help in getting rid of deseases or evil happenings. This manuscript has become known as Ap Tang because of repetition of that phrase, which may mean 'to bathe with' or 'to present with'.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
8 tiff images

107. EAP373/12/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/4
Title:
Khon Ming [18th century]
Scope & Content:
It appears that these folios were initially prepared to make Du Kai Sengs as there are figures similar to Du Kai Seng on the front side of the first folio. But its text is different. The content is similar to Khon Ming Lung Phai.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 tiff images

108. EAP373/12/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/5
Title:
Lik Ka Na [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The first two folios contains buddhist text with many pali words in it. The text in the third folio seems to be similar to Hara Phukan's Lik Chau Ngi (EAP373_HaraPhukan_LikChauNgi) and it also has the word Chau Ngi repeatedly in it.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
6 tiff images

109. EAP373/12/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/6
Title:
Lit Kham Tai [18th century]
Scope & Content:
It is the story of the great flood. It is written that in this flood only Thau Lip Ling survived on a stone raft and all the evil men died. The story then continues what happened after the flood.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
26 tiff images

110. EAP373/12/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP373/12/7
Title:
Pat Nam Lai [18th century]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is used while sprinkling or bathing with holy water i.e., Ambrosia to get rid of evil happenings. The inner portion of the back page (Image 0023) is written on and contains the words kau kha ap, which may refer to the preparation of holy water for bathing.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tai languages
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
24 tiff images