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EAP1150/1/200

Record Id:

040-003541381

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003541181

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100101364096.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP1150/1/200

Title:

Mixed Bundle

Scope & Content:

Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript featuring works belonging to the genre of ho cā, texts for single-artist recital performances based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript.

Custodial history: As suggested by the wording of the colophons, this manuscript was copied for a monastic owner. The owner of the source copy was Jheḥ Krīḥ Charā Suiṅ.

Additional date information: Copied c. 1850

Keywords: Buddhism, Poetry, Remove, Languages and Grammar.

This manuscript contains the following 6 texts:

EAP1150/1/200/1: Bhūridhat ho cā [Bhūridhatʻ ho cā]

Description: A vernacular text in mixed verse and versified prose belonging to the genre of ho cā, poems based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha inteded for single-actor recitation performances. Based on Bhūridhatta jātaka.Extent: ka [3] -ṅau [61].Custodial history: (donor of the manuscript) = Mud. Kyoṅḥ takā Moṅ Sū.Additional date information: Copied 1850

EAP1150/1/200/2: Buddhavaṅ ho cā [Buddhavaṅʻ ho cā]

Description: A vernacular text in mixed verse and versified prose belonging to the genre of ho cā, poems based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha inteded for single-actor recitation performances. Narrates the life of the Buddha from the conception to the donation of grass by the grass-cutter Sotthiya.Extent: ṅaṃ [61] -jhī [102].Condition of original material: Incomplete fascicle, folio ca missing.Additional date information: Copied 1850

EAP1150/1/200/3: Rhaṅ ta thoṅ khyvat khanḥ ho cā [Rhaṅʻ ta thoṅʻ khyvatʻ khanʻʺ ho cā]

Description: A vernacular text in mixed verse and versified prose belonging to the genre of ho cā, poems based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha inteded for single-actor recitation performances. Though labelled as Rhaṅ ta thoṅ khyvat khanḥ which should refer to the conversion of one thousand disciples of Kassapa brothers, the poem actually focuses on the Buddha's journey to his native city of Kapilavatthu and the conversion of Buddha's half-brother Nanda.Extent: jhu [102] -ṭo [130].Additional date information: Copied 1850

EAP1150/1/200/4: Kāḷudāyī paṅ. khanḥ ho cā [Kāḷudāyī paṅʻ. khanʻʺ ho cā]

Description: A vernacular text in mixed verse and versified prose belonging to the genre of ho cā, poems based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha inteded for single-actor recitation performances. Focuses on the Buddha's journey to his native city of Kapilavatthu and the request made by Kāḷudāyī.Extent: ṭau [131] - ṇī [172].Additional date information: Copied c. 1850

EAP1150/1/200/5: Dvanḥ caṇḍāḥ prui. laṅkā [Dvanʻʺ caṇḍāʺ prui. laṅkā]

EAP1150/1/200/6: Uṇhad nissaya [Uṇhadʻ nissaya]

Description: Stray folio misplaced from a different manuscript. 8 lpf.Extent: ṅī [197-198].Condition of original material: Misplaced folio.Additional date information: Copied c. 1810-1880s

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Fragile palm leaves digitisation initiative

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003541181
040-003541381

Is part of:

EAP1150/1 : Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation

EAP1150/1/200 : Mixed Bundle

Hierarchy:

032-003541181[0200]/040-003541381

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1150/1

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

198 TIFF images

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Burmese
Pali

Scripts:

Myanmar (burmese)

Start Date:

1845

End Date:

1855

Date Range:

c 1850

Era:

Place of Origin:

Burma

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Former External References:

7795

Information About Originals:

The original material is located at the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Buddhism
Languages and Grammar
Poetry

Places:

Burma, Asia