Accession No
TEMP.00002
Description
Manuscript on palm leaf of the full text of the Kath!vatthu (Points of Controversy').
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar
Period
Source
Minns, Ellis Hovell (Professor) [donor]; Minns, Walter Hardwick Christopher [collector]; ?Clayton, Harold [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00002
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Lacquer; Wood; Gilt
Local Term
Measurements
175mm x 60mm x 500mm Weight 1.896kg
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old display card reads: 'Burmese alphabet (akin to the above but not identical) painted in black lacquer on gilded palm leaves.'
Event Date
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (Other owners)
The Kath!vatthu ('Points of Controversy'), a canonical Buddhist treatise belonging to the Abhidhamma collection. The text refures the 500 points that were raised against Theravada Buddhism. It was allegedly written by a monk named Mogaliputta Tissa, in the city of Pataliputra (Patna) in India during the reign of King Ashoka (269-232 BCE). Donated by E.H. Minns Given by H. [possibly Harold] Clayton Possibly through Minns’ brother Walter H.C. Minns
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Manuscript on palm leaf of the full text of the Kath!vatthu (Points of Controversy').
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Displayed in Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond, in the Library - Travelling Texts - Burma case, 28 May 2014-17 January 2015, Li Ka Shing Gallery.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Remke Velden
FM:267781
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