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Title

Dhammasaṅgaṇi :

Other related names

• Bekker, Konrad, died 1981
• Bekker, Konrad, former owner
• Bekker, Sarah M, died 2013
• Bekker, Sarah M, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 2
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9960730763503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865505212
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6073076

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Pali (Dhammasaṅgaṇi) and Thai (Phra Malai)

Summary

Illustrated manuscript of the Dhammasaṅgaṇi (a text chanted at funerals), followed by a text titled Phra Bahaanayya Sutta and the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell).

Notes

• Written in 8 lines per illustrated folio and 10-12 lines per text folio.
   
• Probably written in the 1880s (Justin McDaniel).
   
• Manuscript written on samut khoi paper, white except for 1 black folio with gold text (f. A08); folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.
   
• Illustrated with images including devas (gods) and devis (goddesses); scenes from the Rāmmakīan (Thai version of the Rāmāyaṇa); and 2 scenes from the Phra Malai.
   
• Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.
   

Extent

1 item (94 folios) : 12.5 x 63.5 cm

Support

Paper

Provenance

• 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 451.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Folded books
• Manuscripts, Thai--19th century
• Manuscripts--Thailand--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• A02 — Abhidhamma Matika Dhammasaṅgaṇī, f. A02
• A09 — End of Abhidhamma Matika Dhammasaṅgaṇī, f. A09 upper
• A09 — Phra Malai (vernacular Thai text), f. A09 lower
• B01 — Illegible title, in Thai, f. B01

Decorations

• A02 — Illustration, Indra, f. A02 left
• A02 — Illustration, Brahma, f. A02 right
• A03 — Illustrations, f. A03 left and right
• A04 — Illustration, Sama Jataka, Sama shot, f. A04 left
• A04 — Illustration, Sama Jataka, King Piliyakka, f. A04 right
• A05 — Illustration, Maechi (Sita?) and two female attendants, f. A05 left
• A05 — Illustration, Rama gazing at Sita?, f. A05 right
• A06 — Illustration, f. A06 left
• A06 — Illustration, Chariot, f. A06 right
• A07 — Illustrations, f. A07 left and right
• A08 — Illustration, Three devis, f. A08 left
• A08 — Illustration, Two devas, f. A08 right
• A12 — Gotra (?), flag icon, line 9, f. A12
• A15 — Gotra (?), elaborate detail, line 5, f. A15
• A16 — Gotra, lines 8-9, f. A16
• A21 — 12 unaloms, f. A21
• A22 — Gotra, line 11, f. A22
• A25 — Illustration, Phra Malai receives lotuses from woodcutter, f. A25 left
• A25 — Illustration, Woodcutter gathers lotuses, f. A25 right
• A26 — Gotra, line 2, line 9, f. A26
• A27 — Gotra, flower, line 6, f. A27
• A33 — Gotra, line 12, f. A33
• A36 — Gotra, line 2, lines 10-11, f. A36
• A37 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A37
• A38 — Gotra, line 1, line 12, f. A38
• A39 — Illustration, Devi and two female attendants, f. A39 left
• A39 — Illustration, Two devas looking on, f. A39 right
• A40 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A40
• A45 — Gotra, line 12, f. A45
• A46 — Gotra, line 1, f. A46
• B02 — Gotra, line 2, f. B02
• B07 — Illustration, Hunter capturing naga with net, f. B07 left
• B07 — Illustration, Two other hunters looking on, f. B07 right
• B08 — Gotra, line 12, f. B08
• B09 — Gotra, line 4, line 10, f. B09
• B11 — Gotra, line 10, f. B11
• B12 — Gotra, line 3, f. B12
• B15 — Gotra, line 12, f. B15
• B19 — Gotra, line 1, f. B19
• B20 — Gotra, line 5, line 12, f. B20
• B21 — Illustration, Deva and consort, f. B21 left
• B21 — Illustration, Brahma, f. B21 right
• B30 — Gotra, line 12, f. B30
• B32 — Illustrations, f. B32 left and right
• B36 — Blank spaces for illuminations, f. B36 left and right
• B39 — Gotra, unalom, line 10, f. B39