Scope and content Palm leaf manuscripts from Myanmar containing monastic rules of conduct. The first manuscript contains extracts from the Pali Vinaya, the monastic code of discipline, outlining rituals and observances of the Buddhistic monastic order. The extracts include: Kammavā (Kammavaca), Sut' path' meyya Atthakatha, Kankhā thika nissaya, and Zinattha pakāthani (Jinattha Pakasani), all circa 1800. The texts are followed by a commentary. The second manuscript, titled Bhikkhuni Vibhanga, consists of...

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Palm leaf manuscripts containing Buddhist scripture, from Myanmar. Includes Sut' mahāvā atthakatha nam mu sas' (circa 1800), followed by a commentary on it by the Visuddhārācharādo; Sūṭavā pāṭh' (circa 1800), most likely from Anguttara nikaya; and a third manuscript containing Kankhā pāth', Sut' nak', and Sandhi nissaya, which consist of scripture followed by a commentary. The last manuscript has the Burmese calendar date 1268 (i.e., 1906).

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Papers include reprints, articles, and books; unpublished manuscripts for book projects; lecture notes for classes; slides; CDs of lectures and texts; and research materials.

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Palm leaf manuscripts of Buddhist scripture from Myanmar. One of the two manuscripts, with the title Dhammapada Atthakatha Dutiya, was compiled by Mahavisuddhārāma-taik Charado U'" Visārasāsura, and contains the scipture followed by a commentary. The other manuscript, titled Dhammapada, was compiled at Rvhe yan' mā prann' siu kyon' monastery. Both are on palm leaves inscribed with a metal stylus.

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Palm leaf manuscripts, likely Buddhist, in various states of repair. One (6 x 35 cm.) with wooden covers and pointer used to turn the leaves, appears to be complete; one (6 x 39 cm.) consists of 9 leaves with no covers; one (4 x 17 cm.) is an older long manuscript cut up and placed in new wooden covers for sale on the tourist market.

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Palm leaf manuscript volume (12 x 36 cm.) and two loosely tied sets of palm leaf strips, each 5 x 51 cm. They contain Buddhaghosa's commentary on the Vibhaṅga, the second book of the Abhidhammapiṭaka. The manuscript is on dried palm leaves inscribed with a metal stylus.