Buddhist Art Antique Buddhist Sutras in Pali Framed

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In India and Southeast Asia Buddhist scriptures known as sutras have been recorded on palm leaves and slivers of bamboo for over 2000 years. The leaves of the bai-lan tree were trimmed, flattened and polished smooth with sand. They were recorded in Pali, most famous as the language in which the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism (also known as the Pali Canon or in Pali the Tipitaka) were written down in Sri Lanka in the 1^st century BC. It is a tradition that continues today in some parts of Asia. Pali has been written in a variety of scripts and here appears in La-Na, the ancient language of the La -Na kingdom, now northern Thailand.

Characters were scratched into the surface of the 5 leaves offered here using a metal stylus and black, sooty pigment in keeping with ancient tradition. They contain a section from the Pali Canon, and framed make a beautiful physical record of these celebrated teachings. To make a book, holes were drilled into the leaves and the stack was bound on a cord or rod between wooden covers. These are five framed pages from such a book. They are between 80-120 years old. We  have never seen pages rescued from decaying books this old. We were told by locals that they are very rarely seen written in La-Na Thai. They are in excellent condition considering their age, and each leaf remains in one piece with just some weathering of the edges and expected discolouration.  The frame is constructed of timber and perspex (instead of glass so no risk of breakage). Please see below for dimensions and shipping costs.

Example of Pali with English Translation 

Manopubbangama dhamma, manosettha manomaya;

Manasa ce padutthena, bhasati va karoti va,

Tato nam dukkhamanveti, cakkam va vahato padam. 

Mind precedes all mental states.

Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.

If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts,

suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.

Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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Origin: Northern Thailand

Frame:41cm/16in x 50cm/19.5in

Pali Pages:19cm/7.5in x 5cm/2in

Provenance: Antique Dealer, Luang Prabang

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