Kammavasa | Southeast Asia Digital Library

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Collection: Selections from the Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection
Usage Conditions: Public Domain
Title: Kammavasa
Contributor: Northern Illinois University Libraries
Call Number: BQ 5220 .K344 1800a
Resource Type: mixed material
Genre: manuscripts (document genre)
Publisher: Southeast Asia Digital Library
Extent: Copper 59 x 15 cm
Note(s): [16] leaves; Lacquered Copper Plates. Completed sometime during the 1800's this kammavaca is made from thin copper plates that have been lacquered and bound in wooden covers decorated with red and yellow figures and designs. The text, written in the Pali language using the square style Burmese script, covers ordination ceremonies for Buddhist monks.
Language: Pali
Geographic (Getty): Myanma
Geographic (Library of Congress): Burma
Topic: Ordination (Buddhism) --Burma
Buddhism --Burma
Subject: Ordination (Buddhism) --Burma
Buddhism --Burma
Burma
Myanma
mm
Identifier: SEAImages:bq5220k3441800acollection