Publication Place
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage -
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
Subject
religion
Type
Other
Language
Burmese
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
116
Physical Dimensions
47 x 5,5 cm
Library
Qalamos
Library Asset ID
Ms. or. fol. 370
Record ID
DE1Book_manuscript_00002507
Library Location
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
Notes
Red lacquered wooden cover - uneven, sometimes difficult to read writing - palm leaf - This very rare, richly illustrated manuscript with depictions from cosmology
and explanatory text passages (from top to bottom): Page A: Foll. ka-gi: pictorial representation of the twenty higher celestial regions of the brahmās
(.brahmā bhum) with explanatory text in Pāli and Burmese (Nissaya) Foll. gī-ghū: pictorial representation of the six lower heavenly regions of the nats
or devas (nat bhum or devaloka) with explanatory text in Pāli and Burmese (Nissaya) Foll. ghe-nā: pictorial representation of the kingdoms of the rakkhas, khumbhans, galuns, nagāhs
and finally the seat of the asurās at the foot of Mount Mran-muir (Meru, Sumeru or
Sinneru) with explanatory text in Pāli and Burmese (Nissaya) Foll. na-nö: pictorial representation of the eight hell regions (narai) with explanatory
Text in Pāli and Burmese (Nissaya) Page B: Foll. ka-khi: Burmese text passage describing the Himavanta Mountains
and pictorial representation of Lake Anotatta surrounded by the five Sudassana mountain ranges
clay, Citra clay, Kāla clay, Gandhamādana clay and Kelāsa clay; including the six others
Himālayan lakes Kannanumda 'uin, Chaddanta 'uin, Kunāla 'uin, MaḤdāgiri 'uin, Slhappapāta
'uin and Rathakāra 'uin Foll. khī-khāh: short Pāli-Burmese description (nissaya) and pictorial representation
of the mountain Mran-muir (Meru, Sumeru or Sinneru) with the four large islands of Uttarakuru
kyvanh, Pruppavideha kyvanh, Jambūdlpa kyvanh and Aparagoyān kyvanh as well as sun, moon
and numerous small islands in the sea surrounding it [The cardinal directions are
in this representation rotated 90° counterclockwise so that the northern
Continent of Uttarakuru to the left and the southern continent of Jambūdlpa to the right of the mountain
Mran-muir lie. Pruppavideha is accordingly above the mountain and Aparagoyān is below.] Foll. ga-gi: in the middle, a depiction of the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree
with bhūmisparšamūdra; From here, paths lead in all directions with indications
of the places located there; on both sides explanations in Pāli and Burmese (Nissaya)
Sınıf numarası
Ms. or. fol. 370
Koleksiyon
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Editör
Datenübernahme SBB
Lisans
CC0 1.0
Çoğaltma
Scan, Digitalisat DoD (07/14)
Düzenleme durumu
First input complete
Katalog
VOHD 23,6, 1019
