Tipitaka Documentary ประวัติศาสตร์ ร.ศ.๑๑๒

In 1893, King Chulalongkorn of Siam revolutionised the traditional Buddhist depository convention --the King published the Tipitaka in Book-form for the first time. In stead of inscribing the sacred Pali texts by hand in old Khmer script, the King ordered a new edition, totaling 39 volumes, to be printed in modern-typeface of the Siam script.

With the efficiency of printing technology of the day, such as, Western printing machinery and local book-binding in Bangkok, these newly edited Siam-script Tipitakas were sent as royal gifts to 260 institutes across five continents in 1896.

This brief introduction is a pre-title for the Tipitaka Lecture in 2004.

Digital Archives form the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund's World Tipitaka Project in Roman script, 1999-2007.

Tipitaka International Council B.E. 2500 (1956) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammaso...

World Tipitaka Edition in Roman Script 1956-2005 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammaso...

Tipitaka Studies Reference 2007 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammaso...

Royal Patron of Tipitaka : http://buddhavasse.blogspot.com/2007/...

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