Dear Mr. Ruiz-Falqués,

Thank you for your immediate reply. I do not have knowledge of Old Burmese script. At first, I thought the manuscript is written in Burmese or Thai script.

As for the date of the manuscript, I actually have no idea. What I know about it is that my professor found in Lhasa some large volumes of books in which there are many photographs of South Asian manuscripts. These books belong to a big project of an official committee in Lhasa which aims at preserving palm-leaf manuscripts in Tibet. The appearance of this manuscript in Tibet means that it was purchased and then brought to a monastery in Tibet in ancient time.

Best wishes,

Zhao

Aleix Ruiz Falqués <arfalques@cantab.net> 于2019年9月5日周四下午12:32写道：

Dear Shihong Zhao,

This is a Pali manuscript written in Old Burmese script, otherwise known as Square Script or Tamarind-seed Script. It contains the Kaccāyana Pali grammar, only the suttas, wihtout the gloss (vutti), which is quite remarkable. I have never seen a Kaccāyana manuscript written in the old script and I have never seen a Kaccāyana manuscript without the gloss. Old Burmese Script is normally used in kammavācā texts.

Do you know the origin of the manuscript? Any date?

Best wishes,
Aleix

On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 09:18, Shihong Zhao via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear List members,

Recently I have received some pictures of a manuscript from my professor, but I do not know the script. I would appreciate it if anyone could kindly help to decipher both the script and the content.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lqyljzmfxdtke6v/AAAKjJ8h0mZGz0q9Bzs41Tlza?dl=0

Shihong Zhao, PhD Student
Department of Indological Studies
Graduate School of Letters
Kyoto University
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