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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00935
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537563
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Buddhist chronicle
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 x 58.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 x 58.1 cm
Text block dimension:
4.1 x 53.7 cm
Number of pages:
44 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
Sakka or Devarāja who is the husband of Suchada and the king of Tavatimsa heaven asked questions to King Koroppharat on the sublime object. The Devarāja questioned that, “oh great man, what kind of object which is regarded as sublime?” Then the king answered that the sublime object is the remain of a dead body. The consideration of ten kinds of foulness is the most sublime.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ພະໂລກກະໄນ (ຜູກ 20)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Phra Lokanaya (Phuk 20)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The three spheres (fascicle 20)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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