A sermon or discourse on the types of meritorious deeds and the effects of various donations. Also touches on the conduct of the Buddha as a bodhisatta mastering perfections and as a fully awakened one. Extent and format of original material: 1 fasiscle of 20 inscribed folios. Physical charact...
Bilingual translation of the Vaccavācaka made by Tejavanta, a disciple of Ñāṇasaddhamma. The colophon that credits the work is omitted in the present manuscript as is the first introductory stanza of the source text. Vaccavācaka, a short grammar text, is often identified as composed by a certain...
Sixteenth dreams of King Pasenadi of Kosala and Buddha's interpretation of their meaning. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 2 (1+ ¼) inscribed ff.
Orthographic work for memorizing the spelling of finals and medials in Burmese syllables composed by Kanʻ tvaṅʻʺ Charā toʻ (not credited in this manuscript). The work on it composition was finished on September 25, 1827. Among orphographic texts, Tu lvatʻ parame satʻ puṃ had one of the widest ma...
A short vernacular verse intended to facilitate the learning of the most basic grammatical concepts and their working, exists in multiple variants the relationship between which as well as the identity of the author is not known. Memorized by novices alongside with the Kaccāyanapakaraṇasutta or ...
A commentary on ’A rhaṅʻ Tipiṭakanāga niyaṃ reflecting the explanation of the root text as taught by Paññājota [? the Second Bāʺ ka rā Charā toʻ], a disciple of Sai ’aṅʻʺ Charā toʻ. The teaching method of Paññājota was recorded by his student Rhve toṅʻ Rhaṅʻ Visuddhācāra. This version of the com...
A prophecy allegedly made by the Buddha about the future decline of morality and Buddhist teaching. Bhu rāʺ suikʻ represents one of the four or five prophetic works that had the widest circulation in Burma since the late eighteenth century and existed in multiple versions. Extent and format of ...
A prophesy predicting the rise of a cakkavatti king who would also be a monk and a future buddha and who would build the city of Mandalay in c. 1942. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle of 9 (7 + ½ + ½) inscribed folios.
A prophesy allegedly made by the Buddha indicating that a cakkavatti king would build the city of Mandalay in 1957. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle of 7 (6 + ½) inscribed folios.