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:
54.8 x 5.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
54.8 x 5.2 cm
Text block dimension:
49.8 x 4.3 cm
Number of pages:
18 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Thatsaphon or the ten blessings is the first episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka which contains 16 fascicles. In the Buddha’s time, while residing in Kapilavatthu the Buddha delivered a sermon to his father, King Suddhadana, sakya princes and the Sangha. The Buddha described his last existence as Prince Vessantara and the story of his mother, Queen Phusati who was the queen of Indra. Before finishing her time in the heaven for being born as a human being in the world, she asked Indra for the ten blessings. The Indra gave her the ten blessings as her request by pouring holy water on the palms of the queen.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 8 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນຈ້າຍ ຂຽນສຸດເດືອນ 8 ອອກໃໝ່ 11 ຄ່ຳ ແມ່ນວັນ 6 ໄທ ກັດເຮົ້າ ຜູ້ໄສ່ຄ້ຳຊູວະຣະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ 5000 ພັນພະວັດສາ ຂໍຫື້ຄີກຳຄາຍວຽນຜູ້ຂ້າແທ້ແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ ສຸດທິນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ. ຄ້ານໄສ່ກາຍເຈົ້າເຮີຍ ຂໍຫື້ຜູ້ຂ້າສຸກເມືອງຄຸນແລະເມືອງຟ້າ ສຸກທີ່ແລ້ວມະຫາເນລະພານແທ້ແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ.
Lānthī 8 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām van chāi khian sut düan 8 ὁk mai 11 kham maen van 6 thai kat hao phū sai khamsū vara phuttha sāsanā 5000 phan pha vatsā khὁhü khī kam khāi vian phūkhā thae dae bun hoei. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ. Khān sai kāi chao hoei khὁhü phūkhā suk müang khun lae müangfā suk thī laeo mahā nelaphān thae dae bun hoei.