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31. EAP1123/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/4
Title:
Cet Riw Thai Text Black Paper
Scope & Content:
Thai language manuscript, probably of medical texts. Kept in a box with the other Cet Riw manuscripts, which were about medical treatment. Last photograph is of the box the four Cet Riw manuscripts were kept in, which gives a date of 1280 Buddhist Era (1918 AD), though the description of content...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

32. 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

33. EAP1123/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/2
Title:
Pagoda History
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဘုရားသမိုင်းစာ. Title in Mon: လိက်ဝင်ဓါတ်. Transliterated title: LIK WAṄ DHĀT. Palm leaf manuscript of history of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 16 faces total. Incomplete. Condition of original material: Fairly good condition. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
9 TIFF images

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. EAP1123/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/6
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Unknown Text(s)
Scope & Content:
Palm leaf manuscript, seems to concern divination and what people born on different days will be like. First and tenth faces start with Pali NAMATTU, suggesting that there are two texts. My main motivation for digitization was that it seems to be of late provenance and that it was, unusually, wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

38. EAP1123/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/7
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Random Handwriting
Scope & Content:
Collection of interesting examples of handwriting taken at random from the collection. Some are particularly fine; others are in ink; some appear to have letter shapes as found in Burma. NOT A COHERENT TEXT!. Extent: 40 leaves. Condition of original material: All chosen because they are fairly...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

39. 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

40. 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

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