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.
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.
This manuscript records the lineage of the Ahom kings. In image 0001, it is written that Sv Ka Pha was succeeded by Sv Teu Pha followed by Sv Bin Pha followed by Sv Kham Pha followed by Sv Tu Pha. It also has records of the names of 23 families who came with the Ahom king Sv Ka Pha to Assam to es...
The content in these folios relate to different subjects. Image 0003-0004 is Aap Tang which has mantra to purify water for bathing to get rid of evil spirits. Image 0005-0006 is a Buranji folio. In this folio, it is written that Kam Lung was known as Gorgoanya Handique. Further, it is written abo...
The text written on the sticks are prophecies for any kind of event or happenings. It must have been the case that people were asked to pull out one stick from the bunch and whatever was written on it was read out as the forecast.
The text written on the sticks are prophecies for any kind of event or happenings. It must have been the case that people were asked to pull out one stick from the bunch and whatever was written on it was read out as the forecast.
The content in this manuscript is about the offerings made to the God of Water seeking his blessings for good havest. The offerings made to him are mentioned in image 0001.tiff which are one white goat, a pair of swans, 2 pairs of piegons, 3 chicken, 7 small chicken and many other things. Image 0...
This manuscript contains mantra for calling khons i.e., spirits of people or the country. In the last folio, image 0041.tiff there is a purification mantra with holy water.
It contains the creation story of the universe from the three golden eggs. It is written that Thau Lung Ngam sat on the eggs to hatch for many years but he couldn't not hatch them. So he went on search of a remedy to hatch them and got purified water to sprinkle over the eggs. When these eggs wer...