• Bhikkhupātimoṃ. Bhikkhunīpātimoṃ (Bhikkhu-pātimokkha. Bhikkhunī-pātimokkha, Rules to be obeyed by monks. Rules to be obeyed by nuns)
  ဘိက္ခုပါတိမောံ။ ဘိက္ခုနီပါတိမောံ

Contributor:

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Indic Manuscript no. 25.

Publisher:

• [Myanmar], [1856? or 1857?]

Extent:

• 46 leaves : cloth? ; 102 x 540 mm.

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Description:

• Ms.
• Layout: 8 lines.
• Description: Written in black ink on gilded lacquered support (cloth?) with red designs on both edges.

Binding note:

• Lacquered wood covers with red and gold design. Leaves stacked in the pothi format.

Subject:

• Buddhist monks—Burma—Conduct of life
• Buddhist nuns—Burma—Conduct of life
• Manuscripts, Pali—New Jersey—Princeton
• Lacquered bindings
• Wooden boards

Former owner:

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99130898759806421

Curator's notes:

• Pali, in Burmese square script
  Myanmar, 1856–7?, lacquered cloth leaves

  Other materials, more precious than palm leaves, were occasionally used while still maintaining the same form. Lacquered and gilded leaves were also made of cloth, said to be largely limited to royal circles. The titles here contain the discipline rules for monks and nuns, and they were sponsored by King Mindon-min and one of his queens. Shown are the inside title cover, a donation page in regular round script, and the beginning of the text, in inked square script.

  Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942
  Princeton Indic Manuscripts IM 25

  For further reading

  Lammerts, Christian. “Notes on Burmese manuscripts: text and images.” Journal of Burma Studies 14 (2010): 229-54.

Exhibit category:

• The pothī tradition
• The pothī tradition: variations and elaborations