Mixed Bundle

Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Gilded lac. covers with red underside (gilding mostly erased as a result of use). Covers have cotton band. Guilded leaves (gilding mostly erased as a result of use). Extent: One bundle of 120 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ṭāḥ-de, phau-māḥ) organized into six fascicles. Two. Condition of original material: Two or more fascicles have been removed from the bundle at some stage in the life of the manuscript. Custodial history: The bundle is marked "cā tau" which means a manuscript copied by royal scribes with royal sponsorship either for a royal manuscript library or for a royal monastery. Additional date information: Copied c. 1854 Keywords: ွိVinaya, Buddhism, Vinaya, Didacticisms, Remove. This manuscript contains the following 6 texts: EAP1150/1/195/1: Pārājika aṭṭhakathā gaṇṭhi 1 Description: A commentarial exegesis on the first sections of Pārājika-kaṇḍa from the Samantapāsādikā aṭṭhakathā (Ganthārambhakathā and Bāhiranidānakathā). Chapter explaining sixteen introductory verses of Samantapāsādikā (Ganthārambhakathā). Extent: One fascicle of 22 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ṭāḥ [3] - ḍo [24]). Author(s)/Creator(s): Ñāṇābhivaṃsa dhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Ñāṇa), Pathama Moṅḥ thoṅ Charā tau. Additional date information: Copied c. 1854 EAP1150/1/195/2: Pārājika aṭṭhakathā gaṇṭhi 2 Description: A commentarial exegesis on the first sections of Pārājika-kaṇḍa from the Samantapāsādikā aṭṭhakathā (Ganthārambhakathā and Bāhiranidānakathā). Chapter explaining the section of Samantapāsādikā dealing with the convening of the First Buddhist Council (Paṭhamamahāsaṅgītikathā). Extent: One fascicle of 36 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ḍau [25] - to [59]). Author(s)/Creator(s): Ñāṇābhivaṃsa dhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Ñāṇa), Pathama Moṅḥ thoṅ Charā tau. Additional date information: Copied c. 1854 EAP1150/1/195/3: Pārājika aṭṭhakathā gaṇṭhi 3 Description: A commentarial exegesis on the first sections of Pārājika-kaṇḍa from the Samantapāsādikā aṭṭhakathā (Ganthārambhakathā and Bāhiranidānakathā). Chapter explaining the section of Samantapāsādikā dealing with the convening of the Second and Third Buddhist Councils and the sending of monastic missions (Dutiyasaṅgītikathā, Tatiyasaṅgītikathā). Extent: One fascicle of 22 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. tau [60] - de [80]). Author(s)/Creator(s): Ñāṇābhivaṃsa dhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Ñāṇa), Pathama Moṅḥ thoṅ Charā tau. Additional date information: Copied 1854 EAP1150/1/195/4: Paccavekkhaṇa gaṇṭhi Description: A vernacular prose text discussing the meditative practice of reflection on the necessities for monastic life. Extent: One fascicle of 14 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. phau [81] - bau [93]), contains double folio phāḥ, the first [82-83] being the replacement copied by the same hand to supersede the original folio [83-84] where a part of the text was accidentally skipped during copying and then added on the margin by a different hand. Author(s)/Creator(s): Paññājotābhivaṃsasīripavarālaṅkāradhammasenapati mahādhammarājādhirājaguru (Paññājota), Dutiya Bāḥ ka rā Charā tau. Additional date information: Copied 1854 EAP1150/1/195/5: Visuddhimaggamedadīpanī Description: A vernacular prose text extolling the practices of meditative reflection and Buddhist morality. Extent: One fascicle of 12 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. baṃ [94] - bhau [104]). Additional date information: Copied 1854 EAP1150/1/195/6: Rāja kreḥ muṃ rhu bhvay [Rāja kreʺ muṃ rhu bhvay] Description: A vernacular prose exposition on the rules of kingly conduct (rājadhamma) composed for King Badon-min (r. 1782-1819). Extent: One fascicle of 14 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. bhaṃ [105] - māḥ [119]). Author(s)/Creator(s): Munindābhilaṅkārasaddhammadhajasāmi mahādhammarājaguru (Medhāvi), Toṅ leḥ luṃḥ Charā tau. Additional date information: Compiled in 1786, copied 1854.