Sathipattana Suuthraya (incomplete) [original]

Sathipattana Suuthraya (incomplete) [original]

1. Palm-leaf manuscripts--Sri Lanka.

Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript

Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord

Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case

Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ; handwritten ; legible ; some edges damaged; some leaves missing from overall passage

Research by Arjuna Weerasinghe.

Unknown

Sri Lanka

Publishing Note: Palm leaf manuscript of the Sathipattana Suuthraya, written in Sīhala. Scribes etched lettering into dried palm leaves (“ola”) using a stylus, then applied dry ink (e.g., “black soot”) to the etchings to make the text visible. The practice itself is 2000 years old. Holes through which string or cord would have been threaded to bind the materials together are placed at central points in the leaves and boards, but the manuscript is not currently bound; no string or cord remains.

17th - 19th Century (potential to have been even written early 20th Century)

Unknown

Palm leaf sandwich-type manuscript ; 3" x 24" ; p. 14

Sīhala

ID Number 1 ; Oversized

An incomplete copy of the Sathipattana Suuthraya (The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness).

Palm leaf sandwich-type manuscript ; 3" x 24" ; p. 14