EAP1150/1/13

Red and dark red covers not fitting this ms. Red lac. leaves and small portion of gilded leaves with vermilion band. Different size leaves; mixed, miscellaneous. Also other unidentified texts including one referring to manudhammasat, one jātaka, one romantic verse and one Burmese cosmology. Leaves kau-gā, incomplete.Wrapper made of bamboo stick supports woven into muticoloured threads; brown cotton fabric borders.

Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript.

Condition of original material: Good condition.

Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

Keywords: Sutta-pitaka, Didacticisms, Abhidhamma, Remove, History, Law and Legal affairs, Buddhism, Jātaka, Cosmology, Languages and Grammar.

This manuscript contains the following 15 texts:

EAP1150/1/13/1: Unidentified (Vernacular verse Chaddantajātaka)

Description: Vernacular verse text on Chaddantajātaka, with occasional citations of the Pali gāthās (e.g. "Ito ujuṃ uttariyaṃ disāyaṃ, atikkamma so satta girī brahmante; suvaṇṇapasso nāma girī uḷāro, supupphito kimpurisānuciṇṇo" (khā.v [16])). F. ghū.v [44] reads "Chaddandajātakaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ." This is followed by the date of composition: Sāsana 2335 / Sakkarāj 1153 ("ac ac paññca trin") [= 1791 CE]. No copy date. Mostly 6 lpf. 7 lpf. on ff. kī.r–ku.v, kū.v–kai-v, kau.r–v.Extent: kī.r [5]–ghū.r [44].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/2: Kaṇhajātaka, Catuposathikajātaka, Saṅkhajātaka (vernacular)

Description: Two folios of vernacular prose text on Kaṇha, Catuposathika, and Saṅkha jātakas. 9 lpf.Extent: ḍye.r [109]–ḍyai-v [111].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/3: Mahāmaṅgalajātaka (vernacular)

Description: One folio of vernacular prose text on Mahāmaṅgalajātaka. Likely part of original fascicle with 2238.10. 9 lpf.Extent: ḍyaṃ.r–v [112–113].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/4: Unidentified (vernacular abhidhamma)

Description: One folio of vernacular prose abhidhamma text on twenty types of anuyoga.Extent: ṭhāḥ.r–v [114–115].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/5: Pārājikan nissya (Vinaya Pārājikakaṇḍa nissaya) [Pārājikanʻ nissya (Vinaya Pārājikakaṇḍa nissaya)]

Description: Three folios of nissaya on Vinaya Pārājikakaṇḍa, Vin III, 96–98. 8 lpf. Folio pho missing from sequence. Title Pārājikan nissya written in upper right margin.Extent: phai.r [116]–phaṃ.v [120].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/6: Kāmajātaka (vernacular)

Description: A single folio of a vernacular prose telling of Kāmajātaka, parallel with Ja IV, 170–171. Akṣara employed in foliation is uncertain. 9 lpf.Extent: he(?).r–v [121–122].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/7: Vinaya mahāvagga (monolingual Pali)

Description: A single folio of Vinaya Mahāvagga in monolingual Pali. Vin I, 354–355. 8 lpf.Extent: yo.r–v [123–124].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/8: Unidentified (Vernacular prose cosmological text)

Description: Incomplete text on Buddhist cosmology. Folio khaṃ missing. 7 lpf. 8 lpf. khāḥ.v.Extent: ko.r [45]–gāḥ.v [73].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/9: Unidentified (Vernacular verse dhammasat) [Unidentified (Vernacular verse dhammasatʻ)]

Description: Unidentified verse legal text (dhammasat). Possibly complete. Undated generic scribal colophon on f. ku.v. 6 lpf.Extent: ka.v [74]–ku.v [78].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/10: Unidentified (orthography of numerical ciphers)

Description: A presumably incomplete but continuous text dealing in part with numerical ciphers. Portion A with akṣara foliation runs kū.v [79]–kāḥ.v [85], plus three lines of text on subsequent folio (kha.r?). Portion B comprises a series of tables of ciphers with accompaniying text on eight numbered folios (1.r [86]–8.v [93]). It is presumed, but not certain, that these two portions, form a textual unit. Parallel with Dhammanīti vv. 14–15 on kau.r [15]. 7 lpf. 6 lpf. kū.v–ke.v, 8.Extent: kū.v [79]–8.v [93].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/11: Cūḷavagga nissaya

Description: Two folios of Vinaya Cūḷavagga nissaya, parallel to Vin II, 106–109. 7 lpf.Extent: ṅā.r [94]–ṅi.v [96].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/12: Cūḷavagga nissaya

Description: Single folio of Vinaya Cūḷavagga nissaya, parallel to Vin II, 234. 7 lpf.Extent: ḍū.r [97]–ḍū.v [98].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/13: Mahāparinibbānasutta nissaya

Description: Two folios containing fragment of Mahānibbānasutta nissaya parallel with DN II 134–136. 8 lpf.Extent: ñai.r [99]–ño.v [101].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/14: Mahāvaṃsa nissaya

Description: One folio of Mahāvaṃsa nissaya, parallel with Mhv 158–159 (Vīsatimapariccheda, vv. 1–13). 9 lpf.Extent: ññau.r-v [101–102].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries

EAP1150/1/13/15: Mahāvaṃsa nissaya

Description: Five folios of Mahāvaṃsa nissaya, parallel with Mhv 182–190 (Tevīsatimapariccheda, vv. 37–102). 9 lpf.Extent: ṭhi-r [103]–ṭhe-v [108].Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries