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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14114
Title:: Diseases and divination of tumours
Scope & Content:: Treatise on diseases and the divination of tumours Illustrations: 17 illustrated pages
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 34 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14115
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย with other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-4: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasangani - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā - Puggalapannatti - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka Fols. 4-5: Mahāpatthāna Fols. 5- 96: Phra Mālai Fols. 96-97: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fol. 97: Pārāj...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 97 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14116
Title:: Phrommachat พรหมชาติ
Scope & Content:: Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination....
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1903
Extent:: 78 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14117
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-6: Abhidhammamātikā - Dhammasanganī - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā -Puggalapannati - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka Mahāpatthā...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1880-1920
Extent:: 95 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14229
Title:: Thai character drawings
Scope & Content:: A series of portraits alternating characters from daily life with others drawn from literature, mainly the Ramakien Illustrations: Illustrated throughout
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14255
Title:: Mahābuddhagunā มหาพุทธคุณ and other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka), with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales or The Last Ten Jatakas (thotsachat). Fols. 1-3: Abhidhammātikā - Dhammasanganī Fols. 3-4: Vibhanga Fols. 4-5: Dhātukathā Fols. 5-6: Puggalapannati Fols. 6-7: Kathāvatthu Fols. 7-8: Yamaka Fols. 8-9: Mahāp...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 50 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14389
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-8: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā - Puggalapannati - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka - Mahāpat...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 94 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14447
Title:: Yogavacara manual (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Fragment of a manual of a Buddhist mystic (yogāvacara) explaining various stages of purification of the mind by meditation. It sets out the means and plans for practising meditation as an ethical self-training. The manual, in its original complete form, is known to list 112 types of meditation a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 9 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14464
Title:: Buddhist texts and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Extracts from Vinayapitaka: Parivara, Suttavibhanga, Parajika. Extracts from Suttantapitaka: Dighanikaya, Brahmajalasutta. Extracts from Abhidhammatika: Dhammasangani, Vibhanga, Dhatukatha, Puggalapannatti, Kathavatthu, Yamaka, Mahapatthana. Phra Malai (Maleyyatheravannana): Legend of a famou...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1880-1920
Extent:: 97 folios

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