Mixed Bundle

Mixed bundle comprised of parts of different palm-leaf manuscripts. Red lac. covers. Gold spray painted leaves. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 19th century Keywords: Rites and ceremonies, Buddhism, Didacticisms, Remove, History, Law and Legal affairs. This manuscript contains the following 5 texts: EAP1150/1/287/1: Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī aṭṭhakathā nissaya Description: A part of unidentified bilingual translation of the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī (a commentary on Pātimokkha ascribed to Buddhaghosa) dealing with the disciplinary rules for monks and nuns. Folios cut to remove the gilding resulting in the loss of foliation. Extent: Approximately 60 folios. Additional date information: Copied c. 19th century EAP1150/1/287/2: Maṇi ratanā puṃ kyamḥ [Maṇi ratanā puṃ kyamʻʺ] Description: A part of the collection of submissions made by ministers of Burmese kings of the late fourteenth to the late seventeenth centuries providing important precedents and models of successful rule and policy-making. Extent: Approximately 60 folios. Author(s)/Creator(s): Candālaṅkā, Rhaṅ. Additional date information: Composed in 1781 EAP1150/1/287/3: Kammavācā pāli Description: Fragmentary folios from a collection of formulas for reciting during Buddhist rituals. Extent: Approximately 10 folios. Additional date information: Copied c. 19th century EAP1150/1/287/4: Sāsanālaṅkāra cā tamḥ [Sāsanālaṅkāra cā tamʻʺ] Description: A vernacular prose account of the transmission of Buddhist teaching and monastic lineage composed by a former royal monastic advisor turned minister in response to a request by King Bagyidaw (r. 1819-1837). As is often the case, this manuscript exemplar does not contain a copy of a request made to Mahādhammasaṅkraṃ by atvaṅḥ van Cho mruiʹ cāḥ Maṅḥ krīḥ Sīrimahānandasaṅkraṃ who was acting under royal command. Extent: Approximately 20 folios. Author(s)/Creator(s): Mahādhammasaṅkraṃ. Additional date information: Composed in 1831 EAP1150/1/287/5: stray folios Description: Stray folios from multiple manuscripts. Not catalogued in the published catalogue. Extent: stray folios. Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries.