Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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118 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan,burmese script

Title: ummadantī bhikkhunī
Title: Story of Nun Ummadantī
Title:

Shan text descriptor:  Vatthu Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ Introduction: yes

Subject:  sutta,canonical jataka 

Colophon: Colophon:yes Colophon type:donor 
Language(s): shan

Work ID: W400

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
140/280
Dimensions (written):

Condition

reasonable

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

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

Cover embellishment: lac

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era

Date of composition (year): 1313

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1335

Provenance and Acquisition

Original donor: po̐̐ saṅ noi lèṅʻ mè saṅʻ khamʻʺ uñʻʹ

Present copy's donor: luṅʻʺ kaṅʻ phanʻ pā kyauṅʻʺ teṅʻʺ (Na Pu Paum, Maehongson) Present copy information: introduction

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation