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Title

Abhidhamma chet kamphi :
พระอภิธรรม๗คัมภีร์

Other related names

• Nai Rak, associated name
• Mae Khong, associated name
• Bekker, Konrad, died 1981
• Bekker, Konrad, former owner
• Bekker, Sarah M, died 2013
• Bekker, Sarah M, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 5
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9960732853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865510415
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6073285

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Pali (Abhidhamma chet kamphi) and Thai (Phra Malai)

Summary

Illustrated manuscript of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi (chanting prompts for text chanted at funerals), followed by the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell), a sutta-like prelude about the Buddha giving a sermon about the Abhidhamma in Vesali after giving it to his mother in heaven, and a second copy of the beginning of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi.

Notes

• Written in 10 lines per illustrated folio, 11-12 lines per text folio.
   
• Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).
   
• Samut khoi paper, mostly white but with several colored folios, with writing in black but occasionally in gold; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.
   
• Manuscript illustrated with images of monks, corpses, and Phra Malai episodes, in the style of Krua In Khong, possibly by one of his students; informal sketches in pencil of three figures (f. B47).
   
• Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; text on upper cover in gold.
   
• Probably written and illustrated in or near Bangkok in the 1860s (Justin McDaniel).
   

Extent

1 item (198 folios) : 14.5 x 68 cm

Support

Paper

Provenance

• Names of two patrons, Nai Rak (Mr. Rak) and Mae Khong (Mother Khong), written on the cover.
   
• 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 466.
   

Subjects topical

• Buddhism--Rituals
• Heaven--Buddhism
• Hell--Buddhism
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai--Specimens

Genres

• Folded books
• Illuminations (visual works)
• Manuscripts, Thai--19th century
• Manuscripts--Thailand--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

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Table of contents

• A01 — Pencil notes, f. A01 lower
• A02 — Abhidhamma chet kamphi, f. A02
• A03 — Phra Saṅgaṇī paripuñño, f. A03
• A04 — Phra Vibhanga paripuñño, f. A04
• A05 — Phra Dhātukatha paripuñño, f. A05
• A06 — Phra Puggalapaññi paripuñño, f. A06
• A07 — Phra Kathavatthu paripuñño, f. A07
• A08 — Phra Yamaka paripuñño, f. A08
• A09 — Phra Mahāpaṭṭhana paripuñño, f. A09
• A09 — Phra Malai in vernacular Thai with Khom script, f. A09
• A25 — Reader note, Phra Malai in Thai script in red, f. A25 upper
• B35 — Buddha's sermon about the Abhidhamma in Vesali, f. B35
• B37 — Abhidhamma chet kamphi, f. B37

Decorations

• A02 — Illustration, Monks with fans, f. A02 left and right
• A03 — Illustration, Corpse in white loin-cloth, two crows, f. A03 left
• A03 — Illustration, Monk hunched over with walking stick, f. A03 right
• A04 — Illustration, Monk with alms bowl, lamp and umbrella, f. A04 left
• A04 — Illustration, Corpse of young boy in loin cloth, f. A04 right
• A05 — Illustration, Corpse in white loin-cloth, tongue out, with crow, f. A05 left
• A05 — Illustration, Monk with lamp and walking stick, f. A05 right
• A06 — Illustration, Monk sitting in lotus position, massaging foot?, f. A06 left
• A06 — Illustration, Corpse of young man, prone, f. A06 right
• A07 — Illustration, Monk sitting in lotus position, left hand held above the ground, f. A07 left
• A07 — Illustration, Skeleton and rat, f. A07 right
• A08 — Illustration, Skeleton, f. A08 left
• A08 — Illustration, Monk meditating, in all-red robe, f. A08 right
• A09 — Illustration, Devas in reverence, f. A09 left and right
• A27 — Illustration, Phra Malai receives lotuses from woodcutter, f. A27 left
• A27 — Illustration, Woodcutter gathers lotuses, f. A27 right
• A39 — Illustration, Phra Malai, Indra, Chulamani stupa, f. A39 left
• A39 — Illustration, Deva and two devis holding banners, moving toward Phra Malai in opposite image, f. A39 right
• B12 — Illustration, Two devis holding banners, facing left, f. B12 left
• B12 — Illustration, Deva plus two devis in reverence facing left, f. B12 right
• B34 — Illustration, Monk receiving offering for bindabadt, f. B34 left
• B34 — Illustration, Layman and two women preparing offerings on sala, f. B34 right
• B47 — Pencil sketch, Three jester-like figures, f. B47 upper