palm leaf (material)

Scope and Contents Southeast Asian Studies scholar Trent Walker identified the Palm leaf manuscript as written in Pali, the liturgical language of Theravāda Buddhism, using Tham Lanna script from Northern Thailand. Known as Kammavācā, the manuscript is a set of related texts taken from the Theravāda Buddhist canon, the Tipitaka. Texts in Kammavācā provide scripts for conducting monastic rituals that include confession, ordination, and bestowal of robes. Some palm leaves are fragmented due to...