Shelfmark
ECOM 41
Title
[One palm-leaf of Kammavaca] [manuscript].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Myanmar, 19c(?).
Physical description
1 leaf : ill. ; 100 x 540 mm.
Note
Burmese fragment in Pali containing a passage from the Tipitaka, the Theravada Buddhist canon, that relates to the ritual for the ordination of a Buddhist monk.
Note
Written on a brass sheet (?) in the shape of palm leaf with gilt and red decorations. The leaf has two holes in it in which small bamboo sticks were usually inserted in order to hold more leaves together.
Note
Housed in a ?19th century glazed box.
Note
Written in Pali.
Note
Tamarind seed script or square script.
Note
Eight lines of inked script on a plain gold ground.
Subject
Buddhism Asia Rituals.
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Burmese.
Added entry--place
Burma.
Language code
pli
Identifier
B51513