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Project / Collection Recalling a Translocal Past: Digitising Thai-Mon palm-leaf manuscripts Subject Didacticisms Level [40] File

1. EAP1123/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/1
Title:
Kammathan [Meditation]
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကမ္မဌာန်းပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠရိုတ်ကမ္မဌာန်. Transliterated title: SLARUIT KAMMAṬHĀN. Palm leaf manuscript of text describing meditation techniques. Appears to be written in rhyming couplets. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 30 leaves written face and obverse. C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/3
Title:
Five Rich Men
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: သူဌေးငါးပါးပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠပတ်သေထဳ ၅ တလ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT SETHĪ 5 TALA. Palm leaf of Jātaka story/work of literature on five rich men. Extent: 2 bundles of palm leaf manuscripts, 94 faces total. First bundle appears complete from beginning to end. Second b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
52 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/4
Title:
Dreams of King Kosala
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကောလသလမင်းအိပ်မက်. Title in Mon: လ္ပံပတ်သိုန်. Transliterated title: LPAɁ PAT SUIN. Palm leaf of dreams of King Pasenadi Kosala, a prominent follower of the Buddha. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscript, approx 84 faces. Incomplete - leaves missing at beginning. Conditi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
86 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/5
Title:
Milinda and Nāgasena Questions and Answers
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်မေလိုန်ကဵုနာဂသိုန်နွံသီုသၟာန်ကသှ်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT MELUIN KUIW NĀGA SUIN. Palm leaf manuscript of a dialogue between King Milinda and Nāgasena. Also called "Milinda Pañhā" and apparently considered a canonical text in Burma but not Thailand. Extent: 1 bundle of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

5. EAP1123/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/1
Title:
Story of the Golden Crab
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ရွှေဂဏန်း. Title in Mon: လိက်ဂတာံထဝ်. Transliterated title: LIK GATĀṀ THAW. Palm leaf manuscript of folk story. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 38 faces. Appears complete. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible. Handwriting somewhat rough. Custodial hi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images

6. EAP1123/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/2
Title:
Instruction of Students
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: လိက်လမေတ်. Transliterated title: LIK LAMET. Palm leaf manuscript on how to instruct boys sent to monasteries for an education. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 42 faces. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible, though texture is blurred. Custodial history: Ha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
21 TIFF images

7. EAP1123/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/3
Title:
Story of Mi Tla Sā
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: လိက်မိတၠသာ. Transliterated title: LIK MI TLA SĀ. Palm leaf manuscript of story of Mi Tla Sā (a woman's name). Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 42 faces. Incomplete - first leaves missing. Condition of original material: Manuscript fragile; some leaves are torn and broken off. Ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

8. EAP1123/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/4
Title:
Story of the Frog King
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဖားမင်း. Title in Thai: ราชากบ. Title in Mon: လိက်သၟိင်ၚဴ. Transliterated title: LIK SMIṀ ṄAU. Palm leaf manuscript of folk story. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 50 faces front and back. Condition of original material: Well inscribed but rough handwriting. Leaves have ha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
27 TIFF images

9. EAP1123/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/2
Title:
Vessantara Jātaka, First Bundle: Dāsavara
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဝေဿန္တရာဇာတ်တော် . Title in Thai: พระเวสันดรชาดก กัณฑ์ขสาพร. Title in Mon: ဒသုဵဝုဵပထမဝက်. Transliterated title: DASUIWWUIW PATHAMA WAK. Palm leaf manuscript of the Vessantara Jātaka, in 9 bundles, recounting one of Gotama Buddha''s past lives when he was Prince Vessantara, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

10. EAP1123/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/3
Title:
Vessanatara Jātaka, Second Bundle: Himavanta
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဝေဿန္တရာဇာတ်တော် . Title in Thai: พระเวสันดรชาดก กัณฑ์หิมพานต์. Title in Mon: ဟိမဝန်ဒုတိယဝက်. Transliterated title: HIMAWAN DUTIYA WAGGA. Palm leaf manuscript of the Vessantara Jātaka, in 9 bundles, recounting one of Gotama Buddha''s past lives when he was Prince Vessantara...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images