Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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016 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan script

Title: pū thavʻ thamʻ nukʻ
Title: Story of an old man who asked a lot of questions
Title: ပူထဝ်ထမ်ၼုၵ်
Title:

Shan text descriptor: Lik   Rhyming system: sauṅʻ kivʻ

General remarks on work: The Buddhist era 2545 is also stated for the date of this copy.

Subject:  sutta,non canonical jataka 

Language(s): shan

Work ID: W297

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
136 / 272
Dimensions (written):

Condition

reasonable

animal

Fairly new manuscript made in 2002.

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

Covers: yes Cover colour: red Cover material: wood

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Name and place of the original donor not found.

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1364

Provenance and Acquisition

Former owner: Wat Jong Klang.

Present copy's donor: luṅʻʺ cā thunʻʺ (paukʻʹ kyauṅʻʺ khamʻʺ mè̐ hauṅʻʺ saunʻ)

Place name for present copy: Maehongson

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation