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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00168

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624303

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phò Thao Inpang

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Thupī (Monk) Thammapanya

Copying date in native date:

ປີ ກາບສັນ ສັງກາດ 1 ພັນ 3 ຮ້ອຍ 5

Copying date in Gregorian:

AD 1943

Place of copying:

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:

57.3 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

57.3 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

51.0 x 3.5 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:

In the Buddha’s time, there was a boy named Chavanasunyo. He was a clever boy. When he was gown up, he wanted to marry. He travelled to many cities for looking for his girlfriend. But he could not find her. He was upset and planned to commit suicide. He entered the forest in order to be food of fierce animals. Later, he met a hermit and became his disciple.

Other notes:

The date appears on DS_0056_00178_010. This manuscript is in a series of eighteen fascicles from DS 0056 00168 to 00185.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະລະສັງຂະຫຍາ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (Phuk Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao