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Or 15246
- Record Id:
- 032-002353512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002353512
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x000068
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189199519.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 15246
- Title:
- Phra sūt and Phra Mālai พระสูตร พระมาลัย
- Scope & Content:
-
Bot sūat mon (texts for chanting and sūtra) with extracts from the Vinaya Pitaka and the legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk who travelled to heaven and hell.
A colophon at the end of the text gives the date B.E. 2423 (1880 CE).
Illustrations: Illustrations of figures from the Buddhist mythology, and two paintings depicting Phra Malai at the Chulamani Chedi and a group of four people, perhaps actors, on a pedestal.
Fol. 1: Group of four people (actors) on a pedestal
Fol. 6: Buddha with Brahma and Sakka (Indra)
Fol. 8: Buddha with two male dēva
Fol. 10: Buddha with two male dēava
Fol. 12: Buddha with two female dēva (nāng fā)
Fol. 14: Buddha with two yaksa
Fol. 16: Buddha with kinnara and kinnari
Fol. 18: Buddha with two rusī (sages)
Fol. 20: Scene of Phra Malai at the heavenly stupa Chulamani chedi (chetiya)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002353512
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002353512
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 76 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189199519.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
- Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1880
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 361 mm x 115 mm
Script: 3-5 lines per side. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand
Pigments: red lead, vermilion, chalk, white lead, ultramarine blue, carbon.
Covers: One black lacquered cover
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from Paul E. Stolper, June 1996.
- Publications:
- Henry Ginsburg, 'Thai Art and Culture. Historic Manuscripts from Western collections' (London: British Library, 2000) p. 91
- Exhibitions:
- Thai Manuscripts, Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, 31 October 1996 - 29 November 1996
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)