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Single-text manuscript containing a liturgical and protective text intended for memorization by lay students and novices. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Incomplete. Has no covers.
Maṅgala-sutta is a canonical discourse of the Buddha on the sublect of "blessings" that had extremely broad use as a protective and liturgical text. Usually, it was the earliest item memorized by schoolboys attending monastic schools after learning the alphabet. This bilingual translation of the...
Single-text manuscript containing a didactic work. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Incomplete. Covers added by the project team.
A poem by Muṃ tuiṅʻ paṅʻ Charā toʻ Vaṃsābhilaṅkāradhajarājaguru (composed in 1829 when the author was 51 year old and had 27 years of monastic standing) consisting of concise, easily memorizable lists of categories relevant for lay morality and social conduct. The latter part of the poem provide...
Single-text manuscript containing an extract from a liturgical text. Extent and format of original material: 1 file. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. (?) Complete. Has no covers.
Single-text manuscript containing a curricular text and being the third bundle in a three-bundle set. The other bundles are manuscripts WL-HL-NKB 283 (BAB_KMS00120) and WL-HL-NKB 281 (BAB_KMS00119). Custodial history: Has a palm-leaf bundlemark inscribed, as appears, by Ūʺ Nāga. Extent and for...