Comments on: The leaf-books of Khmer monks http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2007/09/27/the-leaf-books-of-cambodian-monks/ News, resources, books and podcasts about the archaeology and ancient history of Southeast Asia Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:54:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: noelbynature http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2007/09/27/the-leaf-books-of-cambodian-monks/#comment-3689 noelbynature Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:08:45 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2007/09/27/the-leaf-books-of-cambodian-monks/#comment-3689 heh, unfortunately, i don't know what a buong plant is. maybe my Khmer phrasebook will have a translation for "sa tra". Judging from the picture, the leaves look a lot wider than palm leaves. Any idea how long pustakas have been in use? I haven't heard of any palm-leaf manuscripts dating older than the 14th or 15th century in this region. heh, unfortunately, i don’t know what a buong plant is. maybe my Khmer phrasebook will have a translation for “sa tra”. Judging from the picture, the leaves look a lot wider than palm leaves.

Any idea how long pustakas have been in use? I haven’t heard of any palm-leaf manuscripts dating older than the 14th or 15th century in this region.

]]> By: kellner http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2007/09/27/the-leaf-books-of-cambodian-monks/#comment-3676 kellner Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:25:38 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2007/09/27/the-leaf-books-of-cambodian-monks/#comment-3676 Any idea what species of plant "buong" actually is? I'd be very curious to learn! The practice of writing on palm leaves is very common in ancient India, too, but as you're focusing on Southeast Asia here, that might be out of your area of concern. As for "buku": it might be worthwhile to also think of the Sanskrit term "pustaka" (for "manuscript", also "book", but what a "book" actually is of course depends on the cultural context and historical period). Any idea what species of plant “buong” actually is? I’d be very curious to learn!

The practice of writing on palm leaves is very common in ancient India, too, but as you’re focusing on Southeast Asia here, that might be out of your area of concern.

As for “buku”: it might be worthwhile to also think of the Sanskrit term “pustaka” (for “manuscript”, also “book”, but what a “book” actually is of course depends on the cultural context and historical period).

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