Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

OR BROWSE BY

150 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan script

Author: Unknown.
Title: cavʻ ʼa nanʻ tā vai thamʻ
Title: Ananta's request
Title:

Shan text descriptor:  tra Rhyming system: sauṅʻ kivʻ pautʻʺ

Subject:  sermon 

Language(s): shan

Work ID: W430

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
302
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:

Lines (per folio:) 8-9

Condition

excellent

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

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

Cover embellishment: lac

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1356

Provenance and Acquisition

Present copy's donor: poʻ saṅʻ teṅʻʺ meʻ saṅʻ naṅʻʺ naṅʻʺ (yū paukʻʹ kyauṅʻʺ kaṅʻ - Maehongson).

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation