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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00072

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624207

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:

ຂຶ້ນ 9 ຄໍ່າ ວັນ 7 ເດືອນ ຍີ່ ປີ ເມິ່ງເຮົ້າ ສັງກາດ 2500

Copying date in Gregorian:

1957 December 01

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:

50.0 x 4.4 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:

Later Thukkhata discovered a cave and he entered into the cave. He found the giant boa in the cave. He fought the boa, and finally it died. Thereafter, he found the king’s daughter and rescued her. But Thukkhata was caged in the cave by Devadatta who saw the beautiful girl and wanted to have her.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 17 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນງາຍຊະໜ່ອຍ 1 ຂ້າແລ. ຂຽນແຕ່ປີເມິ່ງເຮົ້າ ສັງກາດໄດ້ 2 ພັນ 500 ເດືອນຍີ່ ຂຶ້ນ 4 ຄໍ່າ ແມ່ນວັນ 2 ໄຕ ຮ້ວງເປົ້າ ພໍ່ເຖົ້າແສນສິດທິ ໃສ່ຄໍ້າຊູທຸຫຼານ ທຸຂະໜານຂັນທະວີໄຊ ຂໍຫື້ບຸນຮັກສາຕູຂ້ອຍທັງ 2 ເຈົ້າສັດທາແລະຜູ້ຂຽນ ຂໍຫື້ໄດ້ຕູຂ້ອຍທັງໄດ້ເຖິງສຸກ 3 ປະການ ສຸກອັນມີໃນເມືອງຄົນແລະເມືອງຟ້າ ສຸກທີ່ແລ້ວມີຍອດແກ້ວມະຫາເນລະພານນັ້ນຈົ່ງຈັກມີທ່ຽງແທ້ດີຫຼີ ສຸດທິນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ອາສະວັກ ຂະຍາວະຫັງ ໂຫຕຸ ອະນາຄະເຕກາເລ ແລ້ວແລ. Lānthī 17 nā 2: Sadet laoe yām van ngāi sanòi 1 khālae. Khian tae pī moeng hao sangkāt dai 2 phan 500 düan yī khün 4 kham maen van 2 tai huang pao Phòthao Saen Sitthiāvòn sai khamsū thu lān Thu Khanān Khanthavisai khòhü bun haksā tūkhòi thang 2 chao satthā lae phū khian khòhü tūkhòi thang dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae müangfā suk thī laeo mī yòtkaeo mahā nelaphān nan chong chak me thiang thae dirī. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ hotu anāgate kale laeo lae.

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 holes 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 (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ngūlāi (Phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Story of a striped snake (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao