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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00977
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537605
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:
4.9 x 56.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.9 x 56.2 cm
Text block dimension:
3.8 x 50.7 cm
Number of pages:
12 pages
Number of blank pages:
0 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about Sañjīva (reviving) - the hell of repetitions implying that suffering has no end because one does not die in hell. In the Sañjīva hell beings hang with their feet up and their heads down, and are trimmed with axes and knives. Carried away by frenzy of anger they fight among themselves, using their won sharp claws of iron. Sharp knives also grow from their hands, and with them these utterly demented beings rend one another.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ພະໄຕຍະໂລກະວິນິໄສຍະກະຖາ (ຜູກ 5 ມັດ 4)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Phra Traiya Loka Vinisaya Gatha (Phuk 5, Mat 4)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The three spheres (fascicle 5, bundle 4)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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