Shan Buddhist likʻ̐ lūṅʻ manuscripts in UK and SE Asian collections

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151 (Wat Jong Klang)

museum collection

Contents

Concertina book written in shan script

Title: lokanīti kyamʻʺ
Title: Essentials for the world
Title:

Shan text descriptor:  Kyam Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ

Subject:  vinaya,commentary 

Language(s): shan

Work ID: W431

Physical Description

Form: Concertina book
134/268
Dimensions (written):

Condition

reasonable

Hand(s)

Appearance (paper): white

Binding

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

Cover embellishment: lac

Condition

yes

History

Origin:

Date of copying (era): sakkaraja era

Date of copying (year): 1355

Provenance and Acquisition

Original donor: cā ta kā thunʻʺ (yū muiṅʻʺ naiʺ) Original donor information: introduction

Original place of donation: Mong Nai Original donor place information: introduction

Present copy's donor: poʻ saṅʻ nanʻ tā meʻ saṅʻ tā munʻ (yų̄ vanʻ mái kauṅʻʺ phakʻʺ hi)

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

Funding of Cataloguing

Dhammakaya Foundation