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1. EAP1123/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/1
Title:
Kammathan [Meditation]
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကမ္မဌာန်းပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠရိုတ်ကမ္မဌာန်. Transliterated title: SLARUIT KAMMAṬHĀN. Palm leaf manuscript of text describing meditation techniques. Appears to be written in rhyming couplets. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 30 leaves written face and obverse. C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/3
Title:
Five Rich Men
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: သူဌေးငါးပါးပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠပတ်သေထဳ ၅ တလ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT SETHĪ 5 TALA. Palm leaf of Jātaka story/work of literature on five rich men. Extent: 2 bundles of palm leaf manuscripts, 94 faces total. First bundle appears complete from beginning to end. Second b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
52 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/4
Title:
Dreams of King Kosala
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ကောလသလမင်းအိပ်မက်. Title in Mon: လ္ပံပတ်သိုန်. Transliterated title: LPAɁ PAT SUIN. Palm leaf of dreams of King Pasenadi Kosala, a prominent follower of the Buddha. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscript, approx 84 faces. Incomplete - leaves missing at beginning. Conditi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
86 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/5
Title:
Milinda and Nāgasena Questions and Answers
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်မေလိုန်ကဵုနာဂသိုန်နွံသီုသၟာန်ကသှ်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT MELUIN KUIW NĀGA SUIN. Palm leaf manuscript of a dialogue between King Milinda and Nāgasena. Also called "Milinda Pañhā" and apparently considered a canonical text in Burma but not Thailand. Extent: 1 bundle of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

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