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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14664
Title:: Phra Malai พระมาลัย and extracts from the Tipitaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts of the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) used for Buddhist funerals, together with the legend of Phra Malai, a famous Buddhist monk who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-3 Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Suttantapitaka - Dighanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-7: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1850-1900
Extent:: 94 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14704
Title:: Extracts from Abhidhamma and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย = Maleyyatheravannana, with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales ทสชาติ
Scope & Content:: Abhidhammatika extracts: Dhammasangani, Vibhanga, Dhatukatha, Puggalapannatti, Kathavatthu, Yamaka, Mahapatthana. Fol. 1: "Namo tassa... kussala dhamma akussala dhamma abyakata dhamma kattame dhamma kussala yasmim samaye..." Sahassaneyya. Maleyyattheravannana: Legend of a famous Buddhist mon...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1780-1810
Extent:: 75 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14710
Title:: Phra Malai พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited the Buddhist heavens and hells. Also includes Anumodanāvidhi, Samvejanīyagāthā. Colophon on folio 75. Dated April 9, 1837 (5th month khuen 4 kham, CE 1199 pi raka 9 sok). Scribe Samian San. Illustrations: Three paired illustrat...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1837
Extent:: 77 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14713
Title:: Laksana chu wā mon thōt tī dang ni lāē lop rū rīan kotmāi ลักษณชื่อว่ามนโทดตีดังนี้แลล่อบรู้เรียนกฎหมาย
Scope & Content:: Criminal code (part).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 57 leaves

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14714
Title:: 'Nang Kaki' นางกากี
Scope & Content:: Verse romance about Nang Kaki, the beautiful wife of the King of Benares, Phrommathat, who fell in love with Garuda while visiting the king in the shape of a young prince, and then abducted Nang Kaki. This poetic version is believed to have been composed by the Cambodian King Ang-Duong. Folios...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 60 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14715
Title:: 'Mahosot lem 7' มะโหสถ เลม๗
Scope & Content:: Part of the Mahosadha Jātaka set in Thai verse (kap). Volume 7 only.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 77 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14716
Title:: 'Phra samut rāchaphāsā rāchasap lem 2' พระสมุดราชภาษาราชสรัพเล่ม๒
Scope & Content:: A list of Thai royal vocabulary with explanations. Incomplete, volume 2 only. Listed vocabulary not in alphabetical order. Fol. 1 Begins with ตัณหา and fol. 52 ends with ปะฏิสัง.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 52 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14717
Title:: 'Phra samut tan Samkok lem 16' พระสมุดตันสามก๊ก
Scope & Content:: Copy of the Thai adaptation of the Chinese novel San-kuo yen-i by a team of translators headed by Chaophraya Phrakhlang. It was commissioned by King Rama I during a time of military and political change and was largely intended as a text of military tactics, but it has become a major literary wo...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 49 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14718
Title:: 'Phrasamut phra rāchaphongsāwadān tangtāē Phayā Chakrī/Phrakhlang yok thap klop mā lāē thawāi lāē Somdet Phrachao Yūhūa thang sōng phra ong sadet pai tī Lawāēk khamphayā Lawāēk sīa lāē hai phōn kōngthap cha sadet klap mā yang Krung lem 7' พระสมุจยพระราชพงษาวดาร ตังแตพญาจ้กรีพระคลังๆยกทับกล้บมาตะถวายะล้สมเดฐพระเจ้ายูห้วทังสองพระองคเสดฐไปตีละแวก คำพญาละแวกเสียแล้ว ใหผอนกองทับจะเสดฐกล้บมาย้งกรุง๚ เลม๗
Scope & Content:: History of Thai kings and nobles (chakri and phrakhlang) until the battle against the Khmer king Phraya Lawaek at around 1570 A.D. Praise of the battle against Lawaek. Incomplete, volume 7 only.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 54 folios

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