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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00013

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518628

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Ānisaṃsa (merit)

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 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.9 x 56 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 50.5 cm

Number of pages:

10 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Khao padapdin means packets of rice with banana leaves and putting them on the ground in order to feed the spirits. The text mentions a poor man who was faithful and who put a ball of rice that he had been given into the bowl of a Buddhist monk and dedicated the merit to his parents, relatives, cousins and teachers. The results of the merit helped them to escape from hell and took them to the heavens. When the man died, he also entered heaven and had much heavenly property.

Other notes:

Folio 5 on the verso side: Vat Pha Maha Thatu.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສອງເຂົ້າປະດັບດິນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sòng Khao Padap Din

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The merit derived from making khao padapdin (packets of rice and placing them on the ground).

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao