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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00070

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624205

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thu (monk) Khanan Khanthaivisai

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Phò-thao Saen Sitthinavòn

Copying date in native date:

ແລມ 12 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ ຈຽງ ປີ ເມິ່ງເຮົ້າ ສັງກາດ 2500

Copying date in Gregorian:

1957 November 19

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province

Script:

Tham Lue; Lao

Writing support:

Palm-Leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

56.4 x 5.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

56.4 x 5.1 cm

Text block dimension:

50.5 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

On one time, the Buddha was staying at the Jetavanna monastery. The Buddha delivered a sermon of this Jataka-tale to monks who assembled in a Dhamma Sala. At the time, a Deva descended from a heaven and born as a daughter of the King Videharaja. At the same time, another Dava was also born as a son of a poor couple named Thukkhata Kumara in Pachanthakham district in Videha kingdom.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 17 ໜ້າ 1: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມກອງແລງແລ ແລ້ວເດືອນຈຽງ ແຮມ 12 ຄ່ຳແລ ຂ້ອຍຂະໜານຂັນທະວິໄຊ ໃສ່ທຳໄວ້ຄ້ຳຊູສາດສະໜາ 5000 ພະວັດສາເຈົ້າແລທ່ານທັງຫຼາຍເຮີຍ. Lānthī 17 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām kòng laeng lae laeo düan chiang ham 12 kham khòi Khanān Khanthavisai sai tham vai khamsū sāsanā 5000 pha vatsā chao lae thān thanglāi hoei.

Other notes:

This manuscript is of a series of five fascicles, from DS 0056 00070-00074. The first folio has a break at the string hole. The string hole of some folios are loose. See the dates of writing these manuscripts at DS_0056_00072_018

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ງູລາຍ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ngūlāi (Phuk Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Story of a striped snake (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao