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Or 14524

Record Id:

032-002746388

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002746388

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 14524

Title:

'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and Buddhist texts

Scope & Content:

The legend of Phra Malai, the monk believed to have travelled to the Buddhist heavens and hell. With extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) for chanting.

Colophon in Khom script on upper pastedown folio.

Fols. 1-4: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra - Pārājika

Fols. 4-5: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta

Fols. 5-7: Abhidhammamātika - Vibhanga - Dhātukātha - Puggalapannati - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka - Mahāpatthāna

Fols. 7- 80 Phra Mālai

Fols. 80-84: Sahassaneyya

Fols. 84-89: Paritta - Mahākassapatherabojjhanga - Mahāmoggallānatherabojjhanga - Mahācundatherabojjhanga.

Illustrations: Eight paired lavish illustrations with gilt show scenes from the legend of Phra Malai.

Fol. 1: Devas

Fol. 5: Male deva with two feamle attendatns and scenes of four monks chanting from samut khoi (folding book) at funeral

Fol. 22: Lay people offering food to Phra Malai and Phra Malai visiting hell

Fol. 23: Lotus offering scenes

Fol. 37: Phra Malai conversing with Indra and Buddha Metteya (or deva) with female attendants

Fol. 53: Scenes of devas and apsaras with musical instruments

Fol. 54: Lay people collecting gold that is falling from the sky and from "wish trees"

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections

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Hierarchy:

032-002746388

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

90 folios

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Pali
Thai

Scripts:

Khmer

Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1900

Date Range:

1850-1900

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)

Dimensions: 680 mm x 140 mm

Script: 5 lines per side in black ink. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand

Binding: Black lacquered covers

Source of Acquisition:

Bought from Asian Arts Ltd., May 1989.

Publications:

San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) p. 70-71, 209

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)