Details

Standardized Title:

Tipiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Parivāra. Kammavagga

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Pali.
Manuscripts, Burmese.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Digital.

Language:

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.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 2004.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 16

OCLC:

756637322