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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00041

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624176

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Buakham

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Achan Khanan Kamphian

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 12 ຄໍ່າ ວັນອັງຄານ ເດືອນ 7 ປີ ເຕົ່າຍີ່ ສັງກາດໄດ້ 1324

Copying date in Gregorian:

1962 May 15

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:

52.1 x 4.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.1 x 4.8 cm

Text block dimension:

47.0 x 4.5 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

On one occasion, while the Buddha was staying at the Pubbavan Maha Vihara in Pubbavati city together with one hundred thousand monks, a millionaire named Sumana who was faithful in the Teaching of the Buddha brought his property of 16 Kote and offered the monks.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 16 ຫນ້າ 2: ອາຈານຂະໜານກ່ຳພຽນ ຂຽນຄ້ຳຊູແສນບົວຄຳແລ ຂໍຫື້ບຸນຄ້ຳຊູໂຊນີ້ແລຊາດໜ້າແທ້ແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ ນິດຈັງ ທຸວັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ ແລ້ວແລເນີ ພະພີ່ນາຍທັງຫຼາຍເຮີຍ. Lānthī 16 nā 2: Ajān Khanān Kamphian khian khamsū Saen Buakham lae khòhü bun khamsū so nī lae sāt nā thae dae bun hoei. Niccaṃ dhuvaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ laeo lae noe pha phīnāi thanglāi hoei.

Other notes:

This manuscript is the first fascicle of a series of DS 0056 00041-00045

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສົມມະນະເສດຖີ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sommana Setthī

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Story of Sommana millionaire (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali