Milindapaññhā vatthu

Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Beautifully decorated woven cotton ribbon. Double sided woven cotton wrapper with floral designs sewn onto bright red velvet background, same design as MS. ID. 4057. Text in margins changes from 'Milindapaññhā vatthu,' to 'Milindapaññhā vatthu Ūḥ Kyau' to 'Milindapaññhā vatthu Ūḥ Kyau Caṃcā', which might indicate a donor or scribe. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript; kī-mai (beginning and end missing). Custodial history: Ūḥ Kyau Caṃcā is mentioned in some of the margins after the title. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown (Possibly Guṇālaṅkāra, flourished ca. 1763 A.D., said to author a Milindapañhavatthu). Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries Keywords: Didacticisms, Buddhism.