Subject: Didacticisms / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/4/13
Title:: Phra Malai Bundle 2 (colophon missing)
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the bundles appear to form a unit and were ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 62 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/4/14
Title:: Phra Malai Bundle 3
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 31 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/4/15
Title:: Phra Malai Bundle 4 (colophon missing)
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the bundles appear to form a unit and were ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/4/16
Title:: Phra Malai Bundle 5: Phra Malai Goes Down to See Hell
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲစှ်ေဗဵုနရက်. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI CEḤ BUIW NARAK. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 37 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/4/17
Title:: Phra Malai Bundle 6: Phra Malai Explains
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲသှ်. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI SAH. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Althoug...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/5/3
Title:: Mekasan
Scope & Content:: Title in Mon: လိက်မေကသန်. Transliterated title: LIK MEKASAN. Mon-language didactic or literary text. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximately approximately 68 faces. Condition of original material: Leaves are old, frail and warped, though mostly legible. Written in slightly unusual, not...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon
Date Range:: Early 19th century-Mid 19th century
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

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

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

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

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

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