Item number: C138-2

Year: ND

Material: Paper

Size: 32.2 x 8.5 cm

Provenance: Teutoburger Münzauktion GmbH 2023

This is a set of divination incantations bound in the form of palm-leaf manuscripts, though the exact date of origin is unknown. Based on the script, it is likely that these manuscripts originated in the Himalayan region, with Tibet at its centre. The specific content of the incantations is still under scholarly investigation.

Palm-leaf manuscripts trace their origin to ancient India, the birthplace of Buddhism, where monks used the leaves of the palm-leaf tree as a medium for recording Buddhist texts. This practise gradually spread to regions including present-day Tibet and Southeast Asia.

物件編號: C138-2

年代: ND

材質: 紙張

尺寸: 32.2 x 8.5 cm

來源: 條頓堡錢幣拍賣 2023

這是一套年代不詳，以貝葉經形式裝訂的卜卦咒符，從文字作為判斷應該是流行於西藏為中心的喜馬拉雅地區。咒文的具體內容仍待學者作進一步考據。

貝葉經源於佛教的發祥地古印度，當時的僧侶以貝葉棕的樹葉為載體紀錄佛經，陸續傳播到今日的西藏和東南亞一帶。