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Side [B] of notebook WL-HL-SGG 088. Includes: 3. fragment of Abhidhamma quotation [b1]-[b1]; 4. recipe [b2]-[b2]; 5. fragment of a sermon about the Buddha [b3]-[b8]. Extent and format of original material: Side [b] of a leporello manuscript having 8 openings. Physical characteristics: Incomple...
The collection of the Phvat‘ lhuiṅ‘ʺ ’A rheʹ kyoṅʻʺ monastery (pron. Hput-hlaing Ashay-kyaung) represents the remains of a sizeable and well-resourced archive of Buddhist texts. It goes beyond what is ordinary for an average village site and includes all major components that might be found in c...
Single-text manuscript containing scriptural text. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Complete, one of the edges slightly gnawed away by rats. Wooden covers painted with black pigment on the u...
An exegetical work expanding one of the sections of Yamaka, a canonical Pali text belonging to the Abhidhamma piṭaka. During his lifetime, the author had a reputation of a great scholar and was patronized by two kings in a succession, both of whom sponsored monasteries for him in Pinya and Sagai...
Single-text manuscript containing scriptural and curricular text. A royally-sponsored manuscript created by dedicated scribes for the placement in a royal library. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios. Incomplete. Wooden covers, fu...
A supplementary text intended to facilitate the study of the Atthasālinī (a commentary on the Dhammasaṅganī which is the first text of the Abhidhamma-piṭaka). Instead of elucidating the ideas of the commentary, Atthasālinī atthayojanā rather provides linguistic tools for the understanding of the...
Single-text manuscript containg a Vinaya text. Custodial history: Originally, the manuscript was made for monk Āsabhāloka from Yaṅʻʺ to village. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Incomplete,...