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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13950
Title:: Kālikācārya-kathā (incomplete) and Kalpasūtra fragments
Scope & Content:: Kālikācārya-kathā (Sanskrit, 65 verses), incomplete and three fragments of the Kalpasūtra in Prakrit (Jain Śvetāmbara canon) with illustrations + a painted cardboard manuscript cover.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Paper poṭhi, 10 folios (7+1+1+1) + 1 cardboard manuscript cover. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13959
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: canonical Jain text of the Śvetāmbara tradition in Prakrit with illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Paper poṭhi. 112 folios, 28x12 cm, 8 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13974
Title:: Dimensions of the Cosmic Man.
Scope & Content:: Dimensions of the Cosmic Man by unknown author in Gujarati in Devanāgarī script.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Paper. One page: 54 x 54 cm. Large clear script. Red lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13996
Title:: Draft patent of Xianfeng 5 (1855) [Chinese only] [Xianfeng wu nian feng tian chi ming gao] [咸豐伍年奉天敕命稿]
Scope & Content:: Draft patent of Xianfeng 5 (1855) in which the title of Wen lin lang (文林郎) is conferred upon Wang Huiji (王會極), who is Shanxi Ningwu Fu xue jiao shou (山西甯武府學教授). His wife, born Chen (陳), is given the title of Ruren (孺人). This manuscript was never completed and therefore does not bear any Manchu...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1855
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14027
Title:: Various Buddhist texts and Mahabuddhaguna มหาพุทธคุณ.
Scope & Content:: Abhidhammatika extracts: Dhammasangani, Vibhanga, Dhatukatha, Puggalapannatti, Kathavatthu, Yamaka, Mahapatthana. Sahassaneyya. Mahabuddhaguna. Jaya jaya. Vinayapitaka - Parivara. Vinayapitaka - Suttavibhanga - Parajika. Suttantapitaka - Dighanikaya - Brahmajalasutta. Illustrations: Sev...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 68 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14068
Title:: Mahābuddhagunā and other Buddhist texts fom the Tipiṭaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) with illustrations from the Ten Birth Tales or the Last Ten Jātaka (ทศชาติชาดก). Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Suttavibhanga - Pārājika Fols. 3-4: Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-5: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī Fols. 5-6: Vibhanga Fols. 6-7: Dhāt...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 53 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 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 14197
Title:: စတုတ္ထ။ ။တမန်၃ယောံကိုမြင်တော်မူ၍ထိတ်လန့်လျက်စံနေတော်မူရာ။ သုဒ္ဓေါဒနမင်းကြီးကပျော်မွေ့စေခြင်းငှာမိန်းမအတီးအကပေး၍တီးမှုတ်ပျော်ပါးစေသည်အခန်းအစ။
Scope & Content:: Part four in a series illustrating scenes from the life of the Buddha. The scenes depicted are of Prince Siddharta seeing the last of four signs, the announcement of his son Rahula, and Prince Siddhartha''s departure from the palace.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 28 folds

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14262
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Fragments of Kalpasūtra: Jain Śvetāmbara canonical text in Prakrit.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Three folios with illustrated borders kept in three separate glass frames. 26,5x10 cm. 7 lines; large golden script on crimson background with decorated margins.

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