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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/135/15/4
Title:: ဗျာဒိတ်တော်ဆုံးမခန်း
Scope & Content:: A verse about the prophecy allegedly made by the Buddha about the future decline of morality and Buddhist teaching. Extent and format of original material: Part of the fascicle of 2 (¼ + ½) inscribed folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: [1794]
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/135/15/5
Title:: ဗျာဒိတ်တော်
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: [1794]
Extent:: 16 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/135/15/6
Title:: မန္တရေးဗျာဒိတ်တော်သမိုင်း
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: [1794]
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/136
Title:: WL-HL-NKB 339 Vinaya materials
Scope & Content:: Single-text illustrated manuscript containing Vinaya materials. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Incomplete. Covers added by the project team.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: [1778-1799]
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/136/1
Title:: Sides of manuscript bundle
Scope & Content:: Extent and format of original material: 1 manuscript fascicle.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: [1778-1799]
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/136/2
Title:: သိမ်ပုံကျမ်း
Scope & Content:: Illustrated manual on the types of sīmā, boundaries within which Buddhist monks perform ordinations and other ritual acts. Extent and format of original material: Fragments of 8 folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, foliation on all fragments (except folio ke) lost, all folios damaged.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: [1778-1799]
Extent:: 16 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/137
Title:: WL-HL-NKB 340 A work on magic
Scope & Content:: Single-text manuscript containing a work on magic. One stray folio from a different manuscript. Extent and format of original material: 3 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Wooden covers decorated with inlay on the upper side and painted with black pigmen...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: [1828-1888]
Extent:: 102 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/137/1
Title:: Sides of manuscript bundle, covers
Scope & Content:: Extent and format of original material: 1 manuscript fascicle, 2 wooden covers.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: [1828-1888]
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/137/2
Title:: ဓမ္မစေတီအစီအရင်
Scope & Content:: A collection of gāthās, mantras, and yantras with versified instructions on their use. The title and scope of this collection is similar to the work transmitted in manuscript WL-HL-KMT 017.1, however, the text is different from the latter. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 4...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: [1828-1888]
Extent:: 92 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/137/3
Title:: ဆေးကျမ်းမှ တစ်ချပ်
Scope & Content:: Single folio khi (numbered 45) from a different (medical) manuscript. Has no relationship with WL-HL-NKB 252 and 253 as both these mss have wider folios. Also unrelated to WL-HL-NKB 201 as the latter starts with folio ghaṃ. Theoretically, might have belonged to now missing fascicule 1 of WL-HL-N...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: [1828-1868]
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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