Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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127 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan script

Title: cavʻ ve sanʻ ta rā
Title: Vessentrā Jātaka
Title:

Shan text descriptor: Not specified   Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ yāvʻʺ Introduction: yes Text at other location: Wat Pang Mu.

Subject:  sutta,canonical jataka 

Colophon: Colophon:yes 
Language(s): shan

Work ID: W409

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
161/322
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:

Lines (per folio:) 10

Condition

poor

animal

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

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

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Originally composed in Maehongson.

Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era

Date of composition (year): 1245

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1259

Provenance and Acquisition

Original donor: luṅʻʺ saṅʻ luṅʻ Original donor information: introduction

Original place of donation: Maehongson Original donor place information: introduction

Present copy's donor: po̐̐̐ luṅʻʺ iṅʻ ta lè naṅʻʺ yuṅʻ (Houi Fa village, Maehongson)

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation