Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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135 (Wat Jong Klang)

Unknown collection

Contents

Rolled book written in shan script

Author: Unknown.
Title: mahā vuñʻ sanʻ trā
Title: The Great Vessantrā (Story of)
Title:

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

Subject:  canonical jataka 

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

Work ID: W416

Physical Description

Form: Rolled book
1072/2144
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:

Lines (per folio:) 21

Condition

reasonable

One of the thickest manuscripts at Wat Jong Klang collection.

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

Covers: yes Cover colour: natural Cover material: cloth

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1345

Provenance and Acquisition

Present copy's donor: meʻ caṅʻʺ yaunʻʺ taṅʻʺ naṅʻʺ phūʺ

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation