[RAS Burmese 33] [Vinayapiṭaka] – Bhikkhunīpātimokkha

language : Kham

date : C19th

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51 olas (ṅa-cho); 585 x 56 mm; 2 cord holes, 5 lines, 72 char., Kham script, 480 mm; numb. Kham letters; gilded edges, 1st & last olas gilded, decorated in brown lacquer with charming floral and birds motifs, 1st ola slightly damaged by labels, title in the central cartouche: braḥ bhikkhunipāṭimokkhaṃ niṭṭihaṃ; 2 wooden covers. This ms. belongs to the collection of similar bundles kept under RAS BURMESE 30, 31, 32, & 34, same style of decorations, same measurements. This ms. should be classified with Siamese mss. No date (19th c.). See Jacqueline Filliozat, ‘Survey of the Pāli Manuscript Collection in the Royal Asiatic Society’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1999, Vol. 9, Pt. 1, pp. 35-76.