Exploring the Tipiṭaka Manuscripts
The palm-leaf manuscripts that I have just presented belong to the Tipiṭaka. These texts, or parts of texts, are in Pāli, the lingua franca of the Indochinese Peninsula. The versions in vernacular lan
The palm-leaf manuscripts presented belong to the Tipiṭaka, primarily in Pāli, the lingua franca of the Indochinese Peninsula. While the local vernacular translations like Thai emerged only in the ear