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Kammavācā, between 1875 and 1925?
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 990 Item 16
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Tipiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Parivāra. Kammavagga
- Language:
- Pali
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Rituals--Texts.
- Buddhism.
- Monastic and religious life (Buddhism).
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Pali.
- Manuscripts, Burmese.
- Manuscripts.
- Manuscripts, Digital.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased, 2004.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (16 leaves) : lacquered cloth ; 13 x 56 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts. Item 16
- Place of Publication:
- between 1875 and 1925?
- Language Note:
- In Pali (Burmese script)
- Summary:
- Khandakas (rules of conduct and ritual readings for Theravada Buddhist monks) copied in a late 19th- or early 20th-century manuscript probably commissioned to be presented to a monastery when a son entered the novitiate or was ordained as a monk. Leaves of folded cloth with red lacquer and silver leaf and black lacquered lettering in 6 lines per leaf. Covers of wood with beveled edges, decorated with gold and red lacquer.
- Notes:
- Formerly cataloged and shelved as Ms. Indic 6.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 16
- OCLC:
- 756637322
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