HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, Royal Tipiṭaka Patron

Royal Patron of the World Tipiṭaka

In 2007, on the occasion of His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary, Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, Honorary President of Tipiṭaka Presentation Worldwide, graciously presented a special 80-volume collection of the World Tipiṭaka in Roman script and its Tipiṭaka Studies Reference to the International Court of Justice, Peace Palace, in the Hague, Netherlands.

This gallery is a collection of images of H.R.H. the Royal Matriarch and her support to the World Tipiṭaka Project.

Tipiṭaka is a Pāḷi-language scripture containing the words of the Buddha which has been handed down through great councils of the world for almost 3000 years.

A new Pāḷi Tipiṭaka Database was created by the initiation of the World Tipiṭaka Project under the patronage of His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. A 40-volume Roman-script edition was published in 2005 and has been presented since 2005 by HRH the Royal Matriarch as a Gift of Wisdom and Peace to the World.

Priority is given to an institution which received the Siam-script Tipiṭaka from Princess Galyani's grandfather "King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao of Siam" over a centurey ago or is an international institution which is supportive of Peace and Peace Education for the World.

Digital Archives from Dhamma Society's World Tipiṭaka Project in Roman script, 1999-2009.

World Tipiṭaka Project :
www.tipitakaquotation.net
www.tipitakahall.net
www.dhammasociety.org

Archives 1999-present :
World Tipitaka Council B.E.2500 (1956)
World Tipiṭaka in Roman Script
Tipitaka Studies Reference 2007
Royal Patron of Tipitaka

"...The three inaugural Pāḷi Tipiṭaka edtions were published in 2005 by the Dhamma Society under the Patronage of the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. The first inaugural edition was presented to the people of Sri Lanka on March 6, 2005. I went on a Pilgrimage to Colombo upon the invitation of the President of Sri Lanka for the presentation of the special edition which is now preserved at the Presidential Mansion in Colombo. The special edition for the Kingdom of Thailand was presented to the people of Thailand on August 15, 2005 and is now preserved at the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand in Bangkok. The special edition for the western world was presented on September 13, 2005 to the Kingdom of Sweden and is now preserved at the Uppsala University Library.

The presentation of the International Romanised Pāḷi Tipiṭaka is a meritorious act following the publication of the Tipiṭaka in Siam-script edition by my Grandfather, King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao of Siam, who in 1893 had the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka printed in book form for the first time in the world. Over two hundred and sixty of these sets were presented to leading institutions worldwide. In Sri Lanka and Sweden, one set of these historic printings “Chulachomklao the Great of Siam Pāḷi Tipiṭaka” has been well-preserved both in the temple of the Holy Tooth Relics in Kandy and at the Carolina Rediviva in Uppsala..." (Royal Message by HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2005.)

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items are from between 03 Mar 2005 & 29 Oct 2007.