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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. EAP1123/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/1
Title:
Mahāvaṁsa "The Great Chronicle"
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: မဟာဝင်. Title in Thai: มหาวงศ์. Title in Mon: မဟာဝင်. Transliterated title: MAHĀVAṄ. Palm leaf manuscript, in seven bundles, of the Mahāvaṁsa, originally written in Pāli in Laṅka in the fifth century AD. To what extent this retelling contains local adaptations would want ca...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
228 TIFF images

3. 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

4. EAP1123/4/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/19
Title:
Wat Metārāng Random Colophons
Scope & Content:
Two colophons. First has the name of the donor clear (Nai Cem) on one side and the date on the other (1949), which seems exceptionally late. The second leaf has unique handwriting. NOT A TEXT!. Extent: 2 leaves. Condition of original material: Legible.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 20th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

5. 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

6. EAP1123/4/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/18
Title:
Wat Metārāng Medical Text
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text, divided into 5 'books' which likely mean that the sections have fallen apart into separate sections. Possibly more than one text; only further study will reveal the case. Includes text largely in Mon, with some pages in Thai and Khom (Thai-st...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
114 TIFF images

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. EAP1123/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/11
Title:
History of the Relics of the Shwedagon Pagoda
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားဓါတ်တော်ဘုရားသမိုင်းပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠပတ်ဝင်ဓါတ်ကျာ်လ္ဂုင်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT WAṄ DHĀT KYĀK LGUṄ. Palm leaf manuscript of the history of the relics buried in the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Extent: 2 bundles of palm leaf mansucripts, total of a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
58 TIFF images