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King of Siam Tipiṭaka Fact Sheet

Chulachomklao of Siam Tipitaka (Digital Preservation Edition)

Chulachomklao of Siam Pāḷi Tipiṭaka : Digital Preservation Edition 2009
Preservation and Publication Details 2000-2008

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Title                              (In Thai)
                                 (In English)

พระไตรปิฎกปาฬิ จุลจอมเกล้าบรมธัมมิกมหาราช ร.ศ. 112 (พ.ศ. 2436) 39 เล่ม
Chulachomklao of Siam Pāḷi Tipiṭaka B.E. 2436 (1893) 39 volumes
2 Language / Script “Pāḷi” (Language of Dhamma) / Siam Script
3 Special Feature The world’s earliest printed set of Pāḷi Tipiṭaka, B.E. 2436 (1893)
4 Year of Tipiṭaka Council King Rama I of Siam, B.E. 2331 (1788)
5 Tipiṭaka Council Scholars 219 Buddhist monks and 30 lay scholars
6 Original Manuscript from which it was based Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in old Khmer script 1250 sets from the Royal Tipiṭaka Hall
7 Duration of Work 6 years, B.E. 2431-2436 (1888-1893)
8 President of Siam-script Tipitaka Committee H.R.H. Prince Bhunurangsri, Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Siam
9 Work Discription Proof-reading, transliteration from Khmer script to Siam script, typesetting design, printing, bookbinding, distributing in Siam and worldwide.
10 Reference in Siam Royal Gazette in Bangkok B.E. 2431 (1888)
11 Reference Abroad Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London 1898
12 Tipiṭaka Presentation as Royal Gifts B.E. 2436 (1893) to 500 Buddhist Monasteries Nationwide
B.E. 2438 (1895) to 260 institutes in 30 countries worldwide
13 Preservation of Original Set
International Tipiṭaka Hall, Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, in 2000
14 Imaging Preservation 2004-200 Imaging & Printing Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University and Dhamma Society’s World Tipiṭaka Project
15 Electronic Archiving 2006-2008 Dhamma Society’s World Tipiṭaka Project
16 Technical Supervision 2008 Imaging & Printing Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University and Dhamma Society’s World Tipiṭaka Project
17 Roman-script information 2008 Dhamma Society’s World Tipiṭaka Project
18 Publication in 2008 Dhamma Society’s World Tipiṭaka Project
19 Digital Technology for 2008 Publication High-speed Digital Colour by Fuji-Xerox
20 Internet Information launched in 2008 www.tipitakahall.net   /  www.tipitakastudies.net





 
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