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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00010

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624145

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Buakham and Thao (Mr.) Suriya

Subject matter:

Literature

Copyist:

Thu (Monk) Chanthavong

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 11 ຄໍ່າ ວັນ 2 ເດືອນ 8 ຈຸນລະສັງກາດ 1321, ປີ ກັດໃຄ້

Copying date in Gregorian:

1959 July 16

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Palm-Leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

56.7 x 5.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

56.7 x 5.4 cm

Text block dimension:

48.0 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

42 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions about Ai Kampha (Mr. Orphan) who had learnt the Three Vedas of the Hindu from a hermit. Before sending Ai Kampha away, the hermit gave him a bamboo bottle of honey and holy water. The honey and holy water could be cooked as food. The water had a power of rain.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 23 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມສັນພຽນແລ້ວນັ້ນແລ. Lānthī 23 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām sanphian nan lae.

Other notes:

The string hole is loose. This manuscript is one fascicle of a series of twelve fascicles which are wrapped with a cotton wrapping cloth and has a wooden label (mai pi) containing the title “list of Dhamma Siao Savat consisting of 12 fascicles”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສຽວສະຫວາດ (ຜູກ 10)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Siao Savāt (Phuk 10)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Teachings of Siao Savat (fascicle 10)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali