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

41. EAP1123/5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/5
Title:
Plans of the Shwedagon Pagoda
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်အစဳရေင်ကျာ်လ္ဂုင်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT ACĪREṄ KYĀK LGUṄ. Appears to be a bilingual Pāli-Mon text about the building of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Includes some Burmese-language terms and names. Does not appear to be complete. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximatel...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

42. EAP1123/5/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/6
Title:
Catta Mūlananda Kumāra
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်စတ္တမူလနန္ဒကုမ္မာ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT CATTA MŪLANANDA KUMMĀ. Appears to be a historical poem written in couplets; work of history and literature. Makes use of such modern ethnolinguistic terms as "Mon" and "Bamā" (Burman). In two bundles, the second significantly s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

43. EAP1123/5/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/7
Title:
Mahākapphina Jātaka
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်ဇာတ်မှာကပ္ပိန်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT JĀT MHĀKAPPIN. Mon-language text of the Jātaka tale of the monk Mahā Kapphina, one of the disciples of the Buddha. Manuscript is in three bundles, all with identical colophon information. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript in 3 bundl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
55 TIFF images

44. EAP1123/5/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/8
Title:
Characteristics of Learning (?)
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်လက္ခဏပညာ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT LAKKAṆAPAÑÑĀ. Mon-language didactic text with introduction in Pāli. (Question mark in title because not sure of best English rendering). Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximately 68 faces. Condition of original material: Excellent...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
39 TIFF images

45. EAP1123/5/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/9
Title:
Characteristics of Learning Bundle 2 (Identication uncertain)
Scope & Content:
Mon-language text bundled together with Slapat Lakkhaṇapaññā, though written in different hand. Appears to be a text of Buddhist didacticism, and appears complete. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximately 10 faces. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible. Leaves somewha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

46. EAP1123/5/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/10
Title:
Wat Makhām Ratburi Random Colophons etc
Scope & Content:
A random sampling of colophons from the collection. Four leaves of random colophons. The fourth and final image appears particularly old and makes reference to two donors who were brothers. NOT A TEXT!. Extent: 4 leaves. Condition of original material: Conditions vary. Final image is from a pa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

47. EAP1123/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/6/1
Title:
Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 1
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language retelling of the Phra Malai story. Includes six faces which have been illuminated. Some Mon-language text appears at the very end, which includes what appears to be donor's name, a woman's name MI THÅṄ SYŪ, possibly a Chinese or Burmese name. Exten...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
77 TIFF images

48. EAP1123/6/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/6/2
Title:
Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 2
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language manuscript, probably of the Phra Malai story. Includes several illuminated faces. Last page in Mon records some information of its copying. Edges of pages decorated with abstract designs. Extent: 1 accordian-style book, approximately 298 faces, fro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1888
Extent:
105 TIFF images