Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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013 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan,burmese script

Title: samsāracakka pakāsanī
Title: Comprehensive Text on the Lifecycle
Title:

Shan text descriptor:  tra Rhyming system: sāmʻ kivʻ Introduction: yes

Historical biographies of Sariputta and Mokkallana, two great pupils of the Buddha.

Subject:  sutta,sermon 

Colophon: Colophon:yes Colophon type:donor 
Language(s): shan,burmese,pali

Work ID: W294

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
204 / 408
Dimensions (written):

Condition

reasonable

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

Covers: yes Cover colour: black Cover material: papier mache

Cover embellishment: lac

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era

Date of composition (year): 1278

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1318

Provenance and Acquisition

Former owner: Wat Jong Klang.

Original donor: careʺ kuṅʻ̨ mą̄ pā̐ caṅʻʺ kèvʻ̐ Original donor information: introduction

Original place of donation: Wan Mai

Present copy's donor: careʺ piṅʻ ṇą̄ (vānʻ̐ nāʺ lūṅʻ) Present copy information: introduction

Place name for present copy: Wat Jong Klang, Maehongson.

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation