貝ばい葉よう

noun

palm-leaf manuscript

Historical term for manuscripts written on dried palm leaves, used in South and Southeast Asia for Buddhist scriptures and other texts.

• この貝ばい葉ようは、スリランカで発はっ見けんされた仏ぶっ典てんの写しゃ本ほんです。

  This palm-leaf manuscript is a copy of a Buddhist scripture discovered in Sri Lanka.