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1. EAP1123/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4
Title:
Wat Metārāng Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The temple has collection of palm leaf manuscripts, mostly in Mon but with some Pāḷi and Thai, housed in a wooden cabinet off to the main shrine area. The collection was in fairly good condit...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
738 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/4/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/14
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 3
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
31 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/4/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/12
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 1: Questions
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲဝက်သၟာန်. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI WAK SMĀN. Palm leaf manuscript of the Phra Malai story in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
17 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/4/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/13
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 2 (colophon missing)
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the bundles appear to form a unit and were ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
62 TIFF images

5. EAP1123/4/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/15
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 4 (colophon missing)
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the bundles appear to form a unit and were ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
25 TIFF images

6. EAP1123/4/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/17
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 6: Phra Malai Explains
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲသှ်. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI SAH. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Althoug...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
18 TIFF images

7. EAP1123/4/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/16
Title:
Phra Malai Bundle 5: Phra Malai Goes Down to See Hell
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย. Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲစှ်ေဗဵုနရက်. Transliterated title: MHĀY THE LHAI CEḤ BUIW NARAK. Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
37 TIFF images