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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00016

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518631

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:

4.6 x 54.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.6 x 54.8 cm

Text block dimension:

3.7 x 49 cm

Number of pages:

42 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions King Asoka of Pataliputta who converted to Buddhism after having listened to the teachings of Novice Nikhottha. The king supported Buddhism and the Sangha by daily giving alms to 60 thousand monks. The king spread the relics of the Buddha to other cities and he built the Asokaram Monastery and 84,000 residences and donated them to the Sangha. The king questioned the Sangha about the number of categories of the Teachings of the Buddha. The sangha answered the king that the Teachings of the Buddha contain 84,000 categories.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສອງອຸບມຸງ ຜູກດຽວ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sòng Ūpmuṃ, Phuk Diao

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The merit derived from building a chapel and offering it to the Sangha, single fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao