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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00061

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624196

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

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:

59.2 x 5.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59.2 x 5.2 cm

Text block dimension:

56.0 x 4.3 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

One upon a time, the Bodhisattva was born as Brahmin lived in Baranasi. One day, while he was washing his face at a pond, he found a little crab living in the pond. The color of the crab was similar to gold. Brahmin felt pity to the crab. He took the crab to his house and looked after it until the crab was grown up. Then he launched it to the river.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 1: ຈົບແລ້ວເນີ ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ໄດ້ເຖິງສຸກ 3 ປະການແດ່ເນີ ຂໍຄວາມເຈັບແອວຂ້າຫາຍແດ່ເທີ້ນ. Lānthī 10 nā 1: Chop laeo noe khòhai phū dai thüng suk 3 pakān dae noe khò kwām chep aeo khā hāi dae thoen.

Other notes:

This manuscript is the first fascicle of a series of three fascicles, from DS 0056 00061-00063

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ປູຄຳ (ຜູກ 1)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pūkham (Phuk 1)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Story of a gold crab (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao