Kammavācā, 1780s.

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Tipiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Parivāra. Kammavagga

Language:

Pali

Subjects (All):

• Buddhism--Rituals--Texts.
• Monastic and religious life (Buddhism).

Genre:

• Manuscripts, Pali -- 18th century.
• Manuscripts, Thai -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : palm leaf ; 6 x 61 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2982

Place of Publication:

1780s.

Language Note:

In Pali (Northern Thai script).

Summary:

Rules of conduct and ritual readings for Theravada Buddhist monks, including consequences for breaking monastic precepts.

Notes:

• Written in 5 lines per leaf, except on the first leaf of text, on which five short lines of text run between the holes, with a single line outside the holes on each side (f. 1v); the final three leaves (f. 27-29) are blank.
• Foliated with letters of the Lanna alphabet, from ko to kheu, verso left margin.
• Probably written in the 1780s, in northern Thailand, in a hand with Burmese characteristics (Justin McDaniel).
• Leaves have two central holes, 19.5 cm apart, and gilt edges.
• Wooden covers with beveled edges, black (possibly black lacquer) with a red floral pattern on the outside and red on the inside.

Cited as:

Kammavācā (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2982). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

871444220