Mixed Bundle

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] 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. Extent: pā [173] - bhā [197]. Additional date information: Copied c. 1850 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.