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 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.1 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
46.5 x 4.4 cm
Number of pages:
18 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
9 Phankot (9 thousand ten millions) is the name of a holy Khatha (stanza) which Gotama Buddha learnt from Ariya Metteyya. The Buddha delivered this stanza to Indra and devas while visiting Tavatimsa heaven. The stanza has power to support the persons who remember and recite it. A person who writes the manuscript of 9 Phankot or sponsors the making of this manuscript and donates it to the monastery will be free from all diseases, not go to hell for many existences. The merit of making this manuscript will support relatives who were born as ghosts and move them to a good place.
Colophon:
Lānthī 8 nā 1-2: Sadet laeo yām laeng velā 5 mong. Nān Khamphāi Phὁ Mai Sīnuan dai mā otsāha khian kamsū Maeluang Ai Nāibān tai sü Kuyὁtlā khian thān vai khamsū sāsanā 5 phan vatsā khanvā phūkhā dai katham bāp kamvian naeo dai kὁ dī pen phayāt yū nai ton tua kὁ dī khüva pen khai lae vat ai kὁ dī chep nai ton nai khīng kὁ dī kὁ khὁhü phayāt phūkhā nī hü hāi pai pen dang lom ākāt phayāt khā thanglāi nī nā bὁ man thiang hü man kiang pen dang kaeo sokhā nan thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paccayo hotu no. Pī hwāi yī düan 11 haem 2 kham, Nān Khamphāi khian tua kὁ bὁ ngām dae, tua luang thao tākai tuayai thao tākhwāi, khua khwai khū khwai khwāng müan mai hak lom yā hua khwan dae noe. Phalūk phalān tondai dai thesanā khὁi phichālanā ao noe.