The sub-series consists of the draft and the final version of Gogerly's translation of the Kuśa jātaka. This jātaka is included in the ancient, canonical collection of Buddha's birth stories preserved in the Pāli language and datable to the early… read more
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The manuscript is a Gogerly translation of a fragment from the Culla-vagga of the Khandhaka Book (the second book of the Vinaya Piṭaka). Handwritten by Gogerly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The notebook includes an English translation (on the left… read more
The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of the Dhammasoṇḍa poem. It includes an English translation and the text written in the Sinhalese script. Written in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. White paper, two types of brown ink; bound notebook (… read more
This manuscript is Gogerly's translation of the Brahmajāla sutta. It consists of 16 loose double foolscap sheets. Written in Gogerly's hand, possibly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. Translated from Sinhalese. The text includes many corrections and… read more
The manuscript is a Gogerly translation of the Brahmajāla sutta. It consists of 5 notebooks, the first being bound by a thread. Written in Gogerly's hand, probably in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. Translated from Sinhalese. The first notebook… read more
There are three manuscripts related to Gogerly's translation of the Brahmajāla sutta. The sutta discusses two main topics: 1) the elaboration of the Ten Precepts (Cūḷa-sīla), the Middle Precepts (Majjhima-sīla), and the Great Precepts (Mahā-sīla); 2) the… read more
The notebook contains the first part of the English translation of the Ambaṭṭha sutta. Written in Gogerly's hand, probably in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), date unknown. 170 pages; black ink. Half of the pages are loose. The Ambaṭṭha sutta denounces the… read more
The notebook includes the complete translations of the Ambaṭṭha and Soṇadaṇḍa suttas as well as the part 1 of the Kūtadanta sutta translation. Written in Gogerly's hand, probably in Colombo, Sri Lanka; date unknown. 62 pages. The Ambaṭṭha sutta denounces… read more
The manuscript is a Gogerly translation of some fragments from the Sutta-vibhaṅga book. The notebook includes English translation and the text in the Sinhalese script. Handwritten by Gogerly, in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. Blue paper, brown ink, 24… read more
There are 4 handwritten letters and contains 2 accompanying envelopes written by Thomas William Rhys Davids probably to Arthur Stanley Bishop. The letters are related to Gogerly's research on Theravāda Buddhist texts and publication of his translated texts.
Davids Thomas William Rhys 1843-1922