Dhammasaṅgaṇi : Phra Bahaanayya Sutta, Phra Malai, 1880s

Contributor:

Bekker, Konrad (died 1981); Bekker, Sarah M. (died 2013)

Date:

1880

Description:

Illustrated manuscript of the Dhammasaṅgaṇi (a text chanted at funerals), followed by a text titled Phra Bahaanayya Sutta and the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell).

Language:

Pali

Provenance:

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 451.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Folded books; Manuscripts, Thai; Manuscripts; Manuscripts, Digital; Specimens

Physical Description:

1 item (94 folios) : paper; 12.5 x 63.5 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written in 8 lines per illustrated folio and 10-12 lines per text folio.; Probably written in the 1880s (Justin McDaniel).; Manuscript written on samut khoi paper, white except for 1 black folio with gold text (f. A08); folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.; Illustrated with images including devas (gods) and devis (goddesses); scenes from the Rāmmakīan (Thai version of the Rāmāyaṇa); and 2 scenes from the Phra Malai.; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.; In Pali (Dhammasaṅgaṇi) and Thai (Phra Malai) (Thai Khom).

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts