Janus: Sarvajnagunalankaraya

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Sarvajnagunalankaraya

Title	Sarvajnagunalankaraya
Reference	GBR/0115/RCMS 97 (former reference: MSS 3)
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	circa 1850
Extent and Medium	1 box; paper; Manuscript
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

The name of the author is not known, but the work is generally taken to be that of a bhikkhu of the school of Valivita Saranankara, which is supported by the style of the piece. This copy was made Siri Ratanatissa.

A palm-leaf manuscript from Sri Lanka containing a description of the virtues of the Omniscient One (Buddha). It is comprised of a collection of writings on various topics that were of interest to the devotee. This is a nineteenth-century copy of the original work.

Found in the R.C.S. Librarian's office, February 1989.

Access and Use

In Sinhalese

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Sarvajnagunalankaraya, RCMS 97

Further information

The manuscript is discussed in C.E. Goodakumbura, 'Sinhalese literature' (1936), p. 71-72.

MSS Addenda, vol. I. Indexed

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Index Terms

Asia

Sri Lanka

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