Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

OR BROWSE BY

120 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan script

Title: kamʻ phā ūʺ
Title: The beginning of the world.
Title:

Shan text descriptor: Lik   Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ

Subject:  cosmology,history 

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

Work ID: W402

Physical Description

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

Condition

reasonable

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

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

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

Present copy's donor: saṅʻ tāʺ naṅʻʺ thīʺ (Na Pu Paum village, Pang Mak Pha district, Maehongson)

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation