Buddhist text, [n.d.]

Mss.491.3.B85

Date: n.d. | Size: 1 item(s)
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Abstract

This is a Khmer (Cambodian) Mul script, partly in Pali.

Collection Information

Physical description

33 palm fronds.

Provenance

Presented by Thomas Redman, through Francis Hopkinson, 1785.

Early American History Note

This document is a Buddhist text acquired by the APS in 1785. The text is handwritten onto palms fronds, which are connected by a rope that makes the text read vertically like a scroll.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Miscellaneous

Personal Name(s)

  • Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
  • Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
  • Redman, Thomas, 1742-1823

Subject(s)

  • Beyond Early America
  • Buddhist literature.
  • Indo-Aryan languages -- Texts
  • Khmer language -- Texts
  • Mon-Khmer languages -- Texts
  • Pali language -- Texts
  • Religion