Abhidhamma chet kamphi : Phra Malai, 1860s or 1870s; พระอภิธรรม๗คัมภีร์:พระมาลัย,1860s or 1870s

Contributor:

Nai Rak (associated name); Mae Khong (associated name); Bekker, Konrad (died 1981); Bekker, Sarah M. (died 2013)

Date:

1860

Description:

Illustrated manuscript of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi (chanting prompts for text chanted at funerals), followed by the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell), a sutta-like prelude about the Buddha giving a sermon about the Abhidhamma in Vesali after giving it to his mother in heaven, and a second copy of the beginning of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi.

Language:

Pali

Provenance:

Names of two patrons, Nai Rak (Mr. Rak) and Mae Khong (Mother Khong), written on the cover.; Sold to Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker in the 1950s or 1960s; Konrad Bekker worked for the State Department in Asia and Sarah Bekker was an art historian.; Sold from the estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker at auction at Sloans & Kenyon, 14-16 June 2013, lot 466.

Subject:

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai; Māleyya; Buddhism -- Rituals; Heaven -- Buddhism; Heaven; Buddhism; Hell -- Buddhism; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Folded books; Illuminations (visual works); Manuscripts, Thai; Manuscripts; Manuscripts, Digital; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (198 folios) : paper, color illustrations; 14.5 x 68 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Table of contents: Abhidhamma chet kamphi (f. A02) -- Phra Saṅgaṇī paripuñño (f. A03) -- Phra Vibhanga paripuñño (f. A04) -- Phra Dhātukatha paripuñño (f. A05) -- Phra Puggalapaññi paripuñño (f. A06) -- Phra Kathavatthu paripuñño (f. A07) -- Phra Yamaka paripuñño (f. A08) -- Phra Mahāpaṭṭhana paripuñño (f. A09) -- Phra Malai (f. A09-A46, B04-B35) -- [Buddha's sermon on the Abhidhamma] (f. B35-B37) -- Abhidhamma chet kamphi (f. B37-B38).; Written in 10 lines per illustrated folio, 11-12 lines per text folio.; Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).; Samut khoi paper, mostly white but with several colored folios, with writing in black but occasionally in gold; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.; Manuscript illustrated with images of monks, corpses, and Phra Malai episodes, in the style of Krua In Khong, possibly by one of his students; informal sketches in pencil of three figures (f. B47).; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; text on upper cover in gold.; Probably written and illustrated in or near Bangkok in the 1860s (Justin McDaniel).; In Pali (Abhidhamma chet kamphi) and Thai (Phra Malai) (Khom).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 990 Item 5

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts