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"A Summary of the Principle Evidence for the Truth, Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation" by Beilby, Lord Bishop of London, translated Johan Godfried Philips & Cornelius de Saram into "the Chingalese language", commissioned by Alexander Johnston as Prime Justice of the Supreme Court of Indicature in the Island of Ceylon. Sent for translation in 1816.

This is an abstract of Pāli grammar, handwritten by Gogerly, Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The booklet consists of 15 folded loose sheets. The first three sheets of the paper are white; the rest - blue; brown ink. The last 31 pages are left blank. The book includes notes in English and Sinhalese. Approx. 21cmX16cm.

This is an index for Gogerly's translation of the Cariyā-piṭaka. The index is writen on a single A4 sheet with the list of verses given on the first page. Author, date and place unknown. The Cariyā-piṭaka is a Theravāda Buddhist scripture incorporated in the Sutta Piṭaka's Khuḍḍaka Nikāya, as the last of fifteen books. It is a short verse work including thirty-five accounts of the Buddha's former lives (similar to Jātaka tales).

A bound volume of manuscripts of various kinds given by Sir Alexander Johnston. The volume is in poor condition with the front board detached from the spine and the rear board missing. The cover bears a list of the manuscripts. These are:

• "A Vutteluttoo Syllabarium" - "a table of Vatteluttu script".
• "Vocabulary English and Cingalese which last is spoken in the Island of Ceylon" - an "English-Sinhalese vocabulary" presented to the Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827.
• "3 forms of the Singalese character used in writing Sanscrit, Pali and Singalese" - "Sinhalese-Pali alphabet"
• "Plan of a Comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages; Read at the Literary Society of Bombay on the 26th May 1806 by Sir James Mackintosh". Printed, Bombay, 1806, presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 12 July 1828.
• "English-Sinhalese-Pali-Sanskrit vocabularies".
• "Vocabulary English and Cingalese which last is spoken on the Island of Ceylon" - an "English-Sinhalese vocabulary" presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827.
• "Vocabulary English and Pavly" - an "English-Pali vocabulary" presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827. Two manuscripts which also bear the name Mr. Burnouf.
• "Translation of a Sanscrit Inscription in Singhalese characters" - presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827. The description is dated April 1820 and bears the names of 3 contributors (difficult to decipher).
• "[This] translation you made at [j...] from the Sanscrit by the [Namma] of [Cunclasus]" - English translation concerning the whereabouts of someone who has gone to a hermitage.
• English-Sanskrit [?] vocabulary "In Sanscrit" - sheet of Sanskrit words.
• Paragraph of [Sinhalese] with "Honble Sir A. Johnston" on reverse. Sketch of a standing column.
• "Malabar Translation of the King of Achun's Pass for the [Gral] Ship, Allum Shah, [J D Lippiatt]
• "2 large & 2 small Cyngalese Alphabets Presented by Sir A Johnston Noy 17 1827"
• "1 Large & Small Cingalese Alphabet by Ahan de [Sarum] "Large & small Cingalese Alphabet" - these are on large sheets of paper which have been folded to fit the book.
• Burmese Alphabet.
• "Vocabulary English, Congalese and Pavly" - "English-Sinhalese-Pali- Sanskrit vocabularies" presented by Johnston 17 November 1827.
• "Maldive primer in Maldive script" - with note stating "The Maldive Alphabet as given in a MS presented to the RAS by Sir Alexander Johnston is writing from right to left and is evidently of Arabic origin." The pages are oversize and have been folded to fit the size of the book.
• Further Maldive vocabulary sheets.
• "This Book is called [Rayloe Rearyee]" - a booklet of alphabet and vocabulary in [Tamil] script.
• Vocabularies and alphabets in Maldive and roman script with Tamil translation
• "Letters from Sultan Muhammad Muin al-Din ibn Sikandar to the Governor of Ceylon on his coast in A.H.1227".
• "A prayer in Arabic." and "The above prayer translated into Booganese language & character by the Booganese [Hadgie]" - "Arabic prayer with translation into Bugis language in Bugis script"
• "Booganese Alphabet written by the Booganese [hadgie] on the [hare] Island the 19th of Nov 1815" - table of Bugis aphabet with key.
• "A Tamil Vocabulary" - "English-Tamil-Telugu vocabularies, mixed".
• "A Telugu Syllabarium" - "Telugug and Oriya alphabets", presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 3 March 1827.

The manuscript is a copy of Gogerly's translation of the Thūpavaṃsa, completed in the middle of the 19th century in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The item contains 62 loose sheets; the text being written on one side. It seems that Gogerly's translation was transcribed by two people, as the cursive on pages 1-25 is different from the one on pages 25-63. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese to English. The text is written in black ink and contains many corrections. The Thūpavaṃsa narrates the history of the relics of Śākyamuni Buddha, and contains a rich depiction of the institutionalisation of the Buddha-Śāsana in Ceylon during the reigns of kings Aśoka and Devanampiyatissa, as well as the construction of relic monuments by the later king Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. The central focus of this work concerns the variety of relics associated with the historical Buddha, particularly how the relics were acquired and the presumed benefits of venerating them. Translated from Pali or Sinhalese. Approx. 31.7cmX21.7cm.

The manuscript is a copy of Gogerly's translation of the Thūpavaṃsa, completed in the middle of the 19th century in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). It is the second part of the complete work (for part 1 see DJG/4/3). 33 single and 20 double loose sheets. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese. The text is written one side in black ink and contains some corrections. The Thūpavaṃsa narrates the history of the relics of Śākyamuni Buddha, and contains a rich depiction of the institutionalisation of the Buddha-Śāsana in Ceylon during the reigns of kings Aśoka and Devanampiyatissa, as well as the construction of relic monuments by the later king Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. The central focus of this work concerns the variety of relics associated with the historical Buddha, particularly how the relics were acquired and the presumed benefits of venerating them. Approx. 31.7cmX21.7cm.

The manuscript is the text taken from the Dhammapada-datthakathā. Handwritten by Gogerly in the Sinhalese script, probably before November 6, 1847 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). No English translation. The original text is the commentary on the Dhammapada, and is ascribed to jātaka-aṭṭhakathās - the traditional commentaries explaining the canonical Theravada Buddhist jātakas, the tales concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha. It contains stories similar to those of the jātakas and explains the occasions on which the Dhammapada verses were uttered. It was written in the last centuries BCE. 65 blue pages; the text is written only on one side of a sheet. Slightly fragile. 21.1cmX17.3cm.

The manuscript is a Gogerly transcription of Rosyk's translation of the Dhammapada (verses 72-203). Handwritten by Gogerly, in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The item includes two small brown-paper notebooks (32/28 pages, respectively) in a single cover. In the first notebook (verses 1-71) seems to be missing. The text in the Sinhalese script is written on the left hand side pages, leaving the right hand side pages for English translation. Brownish paper, brown ink. The English text is full of notes and corrections. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings (423 in total) of the Buddha in verse form, and is one of the most widely read Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is found in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya division of the Theravādin Pāli Canon, and was written around the 3rd century BCE. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. 15.8cmX10.4cm.

The manuscript is the preparatory version of the Saccavibhaṅga sutta translation for publication in 1840, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (see DJG/3/1/2). The translation seems to be transcribed by an unknown author, place and date unknown. Translated from Sinhalese as early as 1837 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The manuscript is 10 loose foolscap sheets; the text is written on one side only; pages numbered. The Saccavibhaṅga sutta belongs to the Mahā Pirit Pota ('The Great Book of Protection'), which is a Theravāda Buddhist text of rituals to be performed on particular occasions in Sri Lanka for spiritual and physical protection. 32cmX19.8cm.