Details

Subjects:

Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Buddhism -- Sri Lanka.
Buddhism.
Sri Lanka.
Bodhi Tree.
Buddhist literature.
Pali literature.
Sri Lankan literature.

Form/Genre:

Facsimiles.
Manuscripts, Pali.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Digital.

Language:

In Pali ǂb (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.

Penn Provenance:

Original held by Arizona State University Libraries.

Cited as:

ASU Ms. 3970