Hua Phò Phia Pha and his wife from Ban Vat That village
Subject matter:
Vinaya doctrine
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:
5.2 x 59 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.2 x 59 cm
Text block dimension:
4.3 x 53.9 cm
Number of pages:
78 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text was mostly written in Pali and contains many texts of Buddhist rituals including Buat chua (ordination of novices), Kammavācā (the formal words of an act), Kathinna (the Kathin cere-mony), Parivāsa (probation), Mānatta (penance), Thòt sima (withdrawal of the assembly hall boundary), Uposatha (observance) and etc.
Colophon:
Folio 38 on the recto side: Hua Phò Phia Pha and his wife from Ban (village) Vat That were the sponsors of the making of this manuscript.