Abbreviated explanation of application of Ñāsa and saṃvaṇṇanā methods to the study of Pali texts. Extent and format of original material: 1 bundle of 55 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Folio kā has a small fragment missing. Owner(s) of original material: Caññʻʹ kuiṅʻ Charā toʻ bhu...
A bilingual translation and commentary on the Sīlakkhandhavagga (The Division Concerning Morality), the first part of the Dīgha-nikāya collection in the Sutta-piṭaka. Extent and format of original material: 1 bundle of 247 inscribed and 10 uninscribed folios.
Rājovāda laṅkā, a message in verse providing an advice on kingly conduct to King Hpagyidaw (r. 1819-1837) in 1827. Accompanied with a short explanation which was later expanded into an extended commentary known as the Rājovāda. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 12 inscribed ...
A bilingual translation of the Maṅgala sutta. Also contains explanatory notes. Extent and format of original material: 3 and 1/4 inscribed folios, complete.
Unidentified niyaṃ text, begins with Tthaṃ tvaṃ tthana paccaya ṇika ṇiya ṇilasā tu saddā chaññʻʺ 6 paccañʻʺ. Extent and format of original material: 3/4 and 1/4 inscribed folios, complete.
A work by First Moṅʻʺ thoṅʻ Charā toʻ Ñāṇābhivaṃsa dhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Ñāṇa). Extent and format of original material: Fragmentary bundle of 18 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, folios ka to ki, khai to khoʻ, ga and subsequent folios missing, folios [...
A didactic poem usually ascribed to monk Sīlavaṃsa residing in the Arakanese town of Thandwe. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 22 inscribed folios. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, folios ki, kī, kai, ko, koʻ, kaṃ, kāʺ, kha, khā, khi, khu, khū, khai are missing.
The identity of this manuscript has not been yet determined. It contains what appears a small corpus of quotations from canonical Pali texts together with a few short suttas and basic recitations. The hand of the scribe seems rather inexperienced which suggests that he might have been a junior n...
A vernacular manual on the interpretation of omens and predictive astrology, seemingly consisting of two parts (folios ka-ke, kai-[khi]). Copied without identation in the beginning and at the end of the manuscript. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 15 inscribed folios. Phys...