Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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18 (Wat Tiyasathan)

abbots room collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan,burmese script

Title: miliṅda nāgasena kyamʻʺ
Title: Story of King Milinda and Monk Nagasena
Title:

Shan text descriptor:  Kyam Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ kvamʻʺ nūñʻʺ

General remarks on work: Beautiful poetic rhyming.

Subject:  sutta,history 

Language(s): shan

Work ID: W450

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
8
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

Cover colour: natural

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era

Date of composition (year): 1270

Provenance and Acquisition

Original donor: luṅʻʺ kyauṅʻʺ matʻ mè kyauṅʻʺ yūṅʻ̨

Original place of donation: keṅʻʺ maį (Chiang Mai)

Present copy's donor: saṅʻ ñunʻʹ naṅʻʺ kèoʻ (mè̐ kaʹ)

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation