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19th C., Rare & Complete Burmese Manuscript (Kammavaca) browse these categories for related items... All Items: Southeast Asian: Pre 1900: item #768819 Please refer to our stock #C6025 when inquiring.
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Rare Burmese manuscript (KAMMAVACA) made from thick cloth coated with gold and lacquer in nice condition. It was written in the Pali language using Burmese script. The square letters were written in thick and black cinnabar lacquer. This complete set has 16 leaves and 2 wooden covers made from teakwood. Each leave was inscribed on both sides with illustrations of deity figures from Hindu-Buddhist mythology on some leaves. There are small holes on every leaf to put a string to bind them together.
Kammavaca, the most sacred of Burmese religious texts, was used for monastic ritual, most commonly for ordination. It contains rules of monastic service and include scripts (khandaka) on ordination, admonitions to the newly ordained monk. It is now very difficult to find a complete set and very good condition like this. Age: Burma, Mandalay period, circa 19th century
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