A bilingual translation and commentary on the Sīlakkhandhavagga (The Division Concerning Morality), the first part of the Dīgha-nikāya collection in the Sutta-piṭaka. Extent and format of original material: 1 bundle of 247 inscribed and 10 uninscribed folios.
Rājovāda laṅkā, a message in verse providing an advice on kingly conduct to King Hpagyidaw (r. 1819-1837) in 1827. Accompanied with a short explanation which was later expanded into an extended commentary known as the Rājovāda. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 12 inscribed ...
A bilingual translation of the Maṅgala sutta. Also contains explanatory notes. Extent and format of original material: 3 and 1/4 inscribed folios, complete.
Unidentified niyaṃ text, begins with Tthaṃ tvaṃ tthana paccaya ṇika ṇiya ṇilasā tu saddā chaññʻʺ 6 paccañʻʺ. Extent and format of original material: 3/4 and 1/4 inscribed folios, complete.
A work by First Moṅʻʺ thoṅʻ Charā toʻ Ñāṇābhivaṃsa dhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Ñāṇa). Extent and format of original material: Fragmentary bundle of 18 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, folios ka to ki, khai to khoʻ, ga and subsequent folios missing, folios [...
A didactic poem usually ascribed to monk Sīlavaṃsa residing in the Arakanese town of Thandwe. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 22 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, folios ki, kī, kai, ko, koʻ, kaṃ, kāʺ, kha, khā, khi, khu, khū, khai are missing.
The identity of this manuscript has not been yet determined. It contains what appears a small corpus of quotations from canonical Pali texts together with a few short suttas and basic recitations. The hand of the scribe seems rather inexperienced which suggests that he might have been a junior n...
A vernacular manual on the interpretation of omens and predictive astrology, seemingly consisting of two parts (folios ka-ke, kai-[khi]). Copied without identation in the beginning and at the end of the manuscript. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 15 inscribed folios. Phys...
A cosmological text in the vernacular, compiled in 1720. An unfinished or incomplete copy. A work by Ratanā saṭheʺ kyoṅʻʺ Rhaṅʻ Abhiseka, one of the monks in charge of supervision of royal manuscript copies (the authorship is not stated in the manuscript as it contains only the first half of the...