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:
55.0 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
55.0 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
49.2 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
40 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Thanakhan or Dānaka means "Alms-giving" is the third section of the 13 sections of Vessantara Jataka. Thanakhan ban ton is the first part of the episode. The text mentions about the great alms-giving of Vessantara. Before leaving his kingdom to Mount Vamka, Prince Vessantara distributed many things as gifts which called "Satta jataka maha dana" (seven kinds of alms-gifts) including elephants, horses, carts, servants, dairy cows, male and female slaves, 700 each. Then Prince Vessantara, his wife Maddī and his two children, Jali and Kanha left the kingdom directing to Mount Vamka.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 19 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມຕາວັນຂຶ້ນສູ່ທ່ຽງວັນແລ ເດືອນສິບ ຍາມພິກຂຸລົງອຸບໂປສັດຖະສິນກາງວັດສາແລ ວັນໃນວັນ 7 ວັນນອກມື້ກ່າເມັດ ຣິກຂິດຕະອິນທະປັນຍາ ຂຽນໄວ້ຄ້ຳຊູວະຣະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ 5 ພັນພະວັດສາແລ ຂ້າຂໍເອົາສຸກ 3 ປະການ ສຸກອັນມີໃນເມືອງຄົນແລະຊັ້ນຟ້າ ສຸກທີ່ແລ້ວມີວຽງແກ້ວມະຫາເນລະພານ ຂ້າແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ ນິດຈັງ ທຸວັງ ທຸວັງ ຍາຈາມິ ແລ້ວແລ.
Lānthī 19 nā 2: Sadet laoe yām tāvan khün sū thiangvan lae düan sip yām phikkhu long upposatthasin kāng vatsā lae van nai van 7 van nὁk mü kā met rikkhitta Inthapanyā khian vai khamsū vara phuttha sāsanā 5 phan pha vatsā lae khā khò ao suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī viangkaeo mahā nelaphān khā dae bun hoei. Niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ yācāmi laeo lae.