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Mahābodhivaṃsa.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Pali
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhism--Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka.
- Bodhi Tree.
- Buddhist literature.
- Pali literature.
- Sri Lankan literature.
- Genre:
- facsimiles (reproductions)
- Manuscripts, Pali.
- Manuscripts.
- Manuscripts, Digital.
- Penn Provenance:
- Original held by Arizona State University Libraries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (87 leaves) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Language Note:
- In Pali (Sinhalese)
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Buddhist text; story of bringing Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka; this text is used in modern monastic colleges to teach Pali language.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on May 17, 2012).
- Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
- 87 leaves foliated [i, 1], 2-86, left recto in Sinhala, right recto in arabic numerals.
- Dated June 30, 1863 in arabic numerals in same scribal hand (f. 86r).
- Mistakes crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Plain, varnished wood covers.
- Dimensions of original manuscript: 48 x 7 cm.
- Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2012.
- Cited as:
- ASU Ms. 3970
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