[Phra Malai].

Date:
18th century
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Also known as

Wellcome MS Thai 4.

Description

Buddhist legend about the monk Phra Malai who travelled to heaven and hell, mixed with extracts from Buddhist canonical texts including Abhidhamma (Sangini), Suttas accompanied by also illustrations from the Last Ten Birth Tales of the Buddha .

Publication/Creation

18th century.

Notes

Folding book (fragment, some folios and covers are missing and some folios are wrongly attached), ill., Khmer script, late 18th century

Language note

Thai and Pali.

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    MS Thai 4

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