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...
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 astrological and cosmological work in Pali composed in Burma that so far has received relatively little scholarly attention. Its dating might be tentatively assigned between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 11 inscribed folios. A...
A handbook in Pali verse facilitating the memorization of Abhidhamma materials in a systematized form. Composed by a famous fifteenth-century monk who resided in Bagan and made a travel to Lanka. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 2 inscribed folios. Auth...
An enumeration and exposition of twenty four conditional interrelations between phenomena identified in the Paṭṭhāna, the seventh work in the Abhidhamma piṭaka. This excerpt from the Paṭṭhāna forms one of the most commonly recited liturgical Buddhist texts in Burma. Recitals of the Paṭṭhāna are ...
A classification of ten types of realizations acquired by a person engaged in Buddhist meditation and of their utilization in meditation practice. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprised of 4 (2 + ¼ + ¼) inscribed folios.
A brief explanation on the ascetic monastic practice of "eating a meal at one sitting", that is eating only once a day. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle comprosed of 3 (1 + ¾ + ¼) inscribed folios.
Sāsanālaṅkāra cā tamʻʺ is a historiographical work compiled in 1831 by a former head of the court monastic hierarchy, the first Moṅʻʺ thoṅʻ Charā toʻ Ñāṇa, now disrobed and bearing the lay title Mahādhammasaṅkraṁ. It was written in response to a royal request to provide a comprehensive account o...