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1. Add MS 15347

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Add MS 15347
Title:
'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย = Maleyyatheravannana
Scope & Content:
Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell. Fol. 2: "namo tassa… namo tassa… tilokasettham tam buddham dhammanavaniyanikam samgham nikkhanañceva abhivadi bhasiss...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
1830-1838
Extent:
85 folios

2. Add MS 27370

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Add MS 27370
Title:
Drawings from the Traiphum ไตรภูมิพระร่วง and the Ten Birth Tales ทสชาติ
Scope & Content:
Drawings of the cosmology and mythology of Siam, in colours and pencil. Some of these are connected with the Traibhumikatha, the Thai Buddhist cosmogony of heaven, earth and hell; some depict scenes from The Ten Birth Tales; others are astrological, while f. 18 is a drawing of the reception of L...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
19 folios

3. IO Pali 207

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IO Pali 207
Title:
Extracts from the Tipitaka and Mahābuddhaguna มหาพุทธคุณ
Scope & Content:
Fols. 1-2: Extracts from Vinaya pitaka (Pārājikā), Fols. 3-5: Extracts from Sutta pitaka, Fols. 6-19: Extracts from Abhidhamma pitaka, Fols. 20-26: Sahassanaya, Fols. 27-48: Mahābuddhaguna, part 1, Fols. 49-64: Mahābuddhaguna, part 2. Illustrations: 15 pairs of illustrations depicti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
71 folios

4. Or 3593

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Or 3593
Title:
พรหมชาติ Phrommachat
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. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky comb...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1885
Extent:
58 folios

5. Or 4736

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4736
Title:
Alphabets and inscriptions
Scope & Content:
Khmer and Lao alphabets. Facsimiles of Sanskrit, Thai, Lao and Khmer inscriptions from Angkor and Korat made by Henri Mouhot, including the first five lines of the Ramkhamhaeng stone inscription. Henri Mouhot's travel documents issued by Siamese authorities.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Central Khmer, Lao, Sanskrit, and Thai
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
19 folios

6. Or 4830

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Or 4830
Title:
พรหมชาติ Phrommachat horoscope manual
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. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky comb...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
78 folios

7. Or 6630

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6630
Title:
Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:
Fols. 1-9: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka Fols. 10-88: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Colophon on fol. 88 in Thai script giving date B.E. 2418: 'หนังสือพระมาไลเลมนี ข้าพเจ้ามีสัทาชรางไว้ในพระพุทสาษน้า สำเรดแล้วในปีมะโรงสำเรชีศก พระพุทศักราชลวงแล...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
92 folios

8. Or 8847

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8847
Title:
Medical treatise ตำราแพทย์
Scope & Content:
A manual for medical practitioners including special terminology in Khom script
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

60 folios

9. Or 8848

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8848
Title:
Phra Aphai Mani lem 7
Scope & Content:
The story of Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthon Phu, vol. 7
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
56 folios

10. Or 8849

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8849
Title:
Phra Aphai Mani lem 3
Scope & Content:
The story of Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthon Phu, vol. 3
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
61 folios