The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of the Mahāvagga text. Written in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. It includes an English translation and the text written in the Sinhalese script. Brown ink; written mainly on one page side; the text has many corrections and notes. Slightly fragile. The translation is 17 pages, whereas the remaining 8 pages of the notebook are left blank. The Mahāvagga is the first volume of the Theravādin Buddhist Khaṇḍhaka book (from the Vinaya Piṭaka), and includes accounts of the Buddha's and his great disciples' awakenings, as well as rules for uposatha days (days of mindful observance) and monastic ordination. Approx. 21cmX16cm.

The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of the Mahāvagga text. Written in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. It includes an English translation and the text written in the Sinhalese script. The translation has 26 pages (13 loose sheets), the remaining 2 pages are left blank. Blue paper, brown ink. Written on both sides; the translation includes many corrections and notes. Slightly fragile. The Mahāvagga is the first volume of the Theravādin Buddhist Khaṇḍhaka book (from the Vinaya Piṭaka), and includes accounts of the Buddha's and his great disciples' awakenings, as well as rules for uposatha days (days of mindful observance) and monastic ordination. Approx. 34cmX21cm.

The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of the Mahāvagga text. Written in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. It includes an English translation and the text written in the Sinhalese script. Blue paper, brown ink; written on both sides of a sheet. The translation has 8 pages, the rsmaining 39 being left blank. The front cover is made from two sheets of manuscript offprints. The Mahāvagga is the first volume of the Theravādin Buddhist Khaṇḍhaka book (from the Vinaya Piṭaka), and includes accounts of the Buddha's and his great disciples' awakenings, as well as rules for uposatha days (days of mindful observance) and monastic ordination. Approx. 32cmX20cm.

The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of the Dhammasoṇḍa poem. It includes an English translation and the text written in the Sinhalese script. Written in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. White paper, two types of brown ink; bound notebook (but some sheets are loose); written on both sides of a sheet. The translation is 16 pages, the remaining 63 pages being left blank. Approx.27.3cmX21cm.

The manuscript is an original Gogerly translation of various fragments from the first 50 suttas of the Aṅguttara-nikāya. It includes Pāli, Sinhalese and English text. Written in Gogerly's hand in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), date unknown. The file includes 5 bound A4 notebooks of brown paper (having 19/20/16/18/32 sheets, respectively). Some of the sheets are loose. Notebook 4 is very fragile. The Aṅguttara-nikāya is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikāyas ('collections') in the Sutta Piṭaka. This nikāya consists of several thousand suttas ascribed to the Buddha and his chief disciples, which are arranged in eleven books, according to the number of dhamma items referenced in them. Notebooks 4 and 5 includes a short vocabulary. Approx. 30.5cmX20cm.

The series includes two original Gogerly manuscripts related to his translation of the Dhammapada text. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings (423 in total) of the Buddha in verse form, and is one of the most widely read Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is found in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya division of the Theravādin Pāli Canon, and was written around the 3rd century BCE. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community.

The item is an original Gogerly manuscript of different suttas from the Dhammapada text, written in Sinhalese language. The Sinhalese text with notes and explanations in English occupies 20 pages, whereas the last 5 reversed pages of the notebook is a handwritten account of Gogerly's expenditures. The remaining 23 pages are left blank. Brownish paper, brown ink. Written in Sri Lanka, date unknown. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form (423 verses) and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya, a division of the Pāli Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, and was written around the 3rd century BCE. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. 21cmX15.7cm.

The manuscript is a Gogerly transcription of Rosyk's translation of the Dhammapada (verses 72-203). Handwritten by Gogerly, in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The item includes two small brown-paper notebooks (32/28 pages, respectively) in a single cover. In the first notebook (verses 1-71) seems to be missing. The text in the Sinhalese script is written on the left hand side pages, leaving the right hand side pages for English translation. Brownish paper, brown ink. The English text is full of notes and corrections. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings (423 in total) of the Buddha in verse form, and is one of the most widely read Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is found in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya division of the Theravādin Pāli Canon, and was written around the 3rd century BCE. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. 15.8cmX10.4cm.

The manuscript is a Gogerly translation of some fragments from the Sutta-vibhaṅga book. The notebook includes English translation and the text in the Sinhalese script. Handwritten by Gogerly, in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. Blue paper, brown ink, 24 pages. The Sutta-vibhaṅga is the first book of the Theravādin Vinaya Piṭaka. It is the basic code of monastic discipline known as Pati-mokkha, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks and nuns. Each rule is preceded by a story telling how the Buddha came to lay it down, and followed by explanations. Approx. 17cmX21cm.

The manuscript is a Gogerly translation of a fragment from the Culla-vagga of the Khandhaka Book (the second book of the Vinaya Piṭaka). Handwritten by Gogerly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The notebook includes an English translation (on the left side of the page) and the text in the Sinhalese script (on the right). It consists of two loose double sheets, the text being written on 4 pages only. Blue paper, brown ink. There is the previous damage to the paper. The fragment discusses the Tajjāniya-kāmma - an act of censure, whereby a Buddhist community may strip a monk of some of their communal rights in the case of an offence or a refusal to confess to an offense.