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Title

Mahābodhivaṃsa granthipāda

Call number

ASU 3740
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania., Rare Book & Manuscript Library Web)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5444506
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5444506

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

In Pali

Summary

Buddhist text; glossary of the text Mahābodhivaṃsa, a story of bringing Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka; this text is used in modern monastic colleges to teach Pali language.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on May 17, 2012).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 97 leaves foliated [i], 1-94, [i-ii], left margin, alternating Sinhala and arabic numerals, recto and verso.
   
• Dated 1881?
   
• Mistakes crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Ornately painted and varnished wood covers.
   
• Dimensions of original manuscript: 44 x 6 cm.
   

Extent

1 online resource (97 leaves) :

Support

Ill.

Provenance

• Original held by Arizona State University Libraries.
   

Subjects topical

• Buddhism--Sri Lanka
• Pali language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc

Genres

• Facsimiles
• Glossaries
• Manuscripts, Pali--19th century
• Manuscripts--Sri Lanka--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

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  URL

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• Text

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