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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00821

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537449

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.4 x 54.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 54.8 cm

Text block dimension:

3.4 x 49 cm

Number of pages:

56 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The Naga king offered one of his jewelry necklaces to Vidhura Panditta. When lady Vimalā, the queen, saw that he was not wearing his jeweled ornament, she asked him where it was. The Naga king replied, “I was pleased at hearing the moral discourse of Vidhura-paṇḍita, the son of the Brahmin Canda, so I gave him the ornament.”

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ວິທູນບັນດິດ (ຜູກ 8)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vidhura-Pandita (Phuk 8)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Vidhura Pandita, the elegant sage (fascicle 8)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao