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[Wellcome MS Sinhalese 277]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
[Wellcome MS Sinhalese 277].
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- 4.3 x 31.7 cm
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Description
Iti-bisō jātakaya (kavi). A poem of 340 verses attributed to Pandita Patiräja, on the story of how the Bodhisatta born as a woman made efforts to be a man so that he could become a Buddha.
Publication/Creation
4.3 x 31.7 cm.
Notes
Palm-leaf; ff. 55(1-55); 4.3 x 31.7 cm; three to four quatrains to a side; skilled hand. Possibly late 18th century.
References note
For full description see 'Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine' / K.D. Somadasa. London : Wellcome Trust, 1996
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