A classification of wrong types of actions committed physically, verbally, and mentally. Likely, served as a passage memorized by monks for the use in preaching. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 3 (1 + ¾ + ¼) inscribed folios.
Introductory blessing to open up a public recital of the Paṭṭhāna, the seventh work in the Abhidhamma piṭaka. Recitals of the Paṭṭhāna are often held for several days or nights during the cold season as a form of apotropaic ritual. The text in this manuscript was likely intended for memorization...
Bilingual translation of the method of reflection on the thirty two constituent parts of the human body. Such reflection forms one of the standard techniques of Buddhist meditation and is detailed in several meditation manuals. This text might be an extract from a larger bilingual work or an ind...
A vernacular work on military tactics comprised mostly of enumeration of factors relevant in the warfare and of types of military formations. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 10 (9+ ¾) inscribed folios, folio dāʺ skipped as a result of the mistake in fol...
A short vernacular work discussing the distribution of the relics of the Buddha after his parinibbāna. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 8 (7+ ¼) inscribed folios.
An instruction on social ethics based on the citations from and references to stories from the jātakas, Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā, Hitopadesa, poems of Mahāsīlavaṃsa and Raṭṭhasāra, and Burmese historiographic works. So far, the Hitasiddhi Maṇiratanā kyamʻʺ has been credited to Toṅʻ tvaṅʻʺ maṅʻʺ kyo...
A clarification on how a monk should undergo a probation penance for contravening the rules of monastic conduct. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 21 inscribed folios. Author(s) of original material: Visuddhācāra, Mahāvisuddharuṃ Charā toʻ.