လိၵ်ၼင်ယိသိင်ၵေႃ်
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Title:
လိၵ်ၼင်ယိသိင်ၵေႃ်
Alternate Title:
ၼၢင်းယီႈသႅင်ၵေႃႇ
Alternate Title:
Nan yī sèn ko
Alternate Title:
Book of Nang Yi Hseng Kaw
Creator:
[Anonymous]
Publication Date:
Language:
Shan
Physical Description:
75 bi-fold sheets ; 17 cm
Materials:
Gilded cover decorated with floral arts; decoration produced by resin embossing over heavy mulberry ( medium )
Outer paper edges, russet stained ( medium )
Measurements:
15.5 x 6.75 in
39.4 x 17.15 cm

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Abstract:
A mythological tale in 7 cantos of Shan verse, starting with the preaching of the Buddha at Savatthī and then narrating the story of the goddess Nang Yi Heseng Kaw and the lady E Nang and the cult of the former as a deity of fertility
General Note:
Incipit: တြႃ​​တေႃ်ၸဝ်ၽိုၼ်ၼႆၸံႁိၵ်ၸိုဝ်လိၵ်ၼင်ယိသိင်​​ၵေႃ်တိၶႃ​​ႁေႃ်။
General Note:
Explicit: တၼ်(ၼႆ)သူတွင်ယဝ်​​သေၶျႃ၊ တၵ်ဝုၺ်ၵွႃဢၵျိုဝ် ​​ၵေႃ်ၸၶိုင်ၵွင်မူ ဝုၺ်​​ၵေၸူ​​ပေႃ်​​မေ တုၼ်ၶုၸဝ်ႀြႃ ၺႃတိၵႃၵိုၵ်ႁွမ် ၸိုဝ်ၸမ်ဢိၵ်တိုၼ်သႆ ၵႃလိပ်တႆဝုၺ်သိင် မျိုဝ်ၵုၼ်ပၵ်ပႆၸိုဝ် ယတ်ၼံႁိုဝ်လႆၸူ ပၵ်ပႆမေႃငရႆ ဝုၺ်ၸတ်ၶႂႆႁႂ်လႆ မိုင်ၽိဢိၵ်မိုင်သင်၇ၽုင် ၵုသုဝ်ၶိုင်မုၼ်ႁုင်ထိုင်ၸေ် ၵႃၺၼ်တေႃတုၺ်ႁၼ် ဝုၺ်ပိင်ၵၼ်သိင်။
General Note:
Colophon: This manuscript was commissioned by the family of Mr Pu Tang Ke Hern and Mrs Aye Me Kham Suk from Wan Zauk village
General Note:
Manuscript, calligraphically written in large letters on thick native paper, with ornmental dêsigns at ends of cantos with red colouring; parapaik, in gilded boards with superimposed decorative borders, also gilded; 8-9 lines]
General Note:
Date: Thetkayit 1263 (date of dedication Tazaungmôn 1264) Sāsanā Sakaraj = 1902/1903 C.E.
General Note:
Measures 15½" x 6¾" (39.4 x 17.15 cm) in its closed state.

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Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Rights Management:
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Resource Identifier:
MS 46802 ( soas manuscript number )