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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00171

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624306

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:

50.0 x 3.7 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

A hunter named Khomala living in Uttarakham village, Koson city. He had seven daughters named Intha, Khatha, Sati, Dandita, Phimpha, Nantha and Sasa respectively. One day, during Khomala was hunting he heard a boy’s cry. Later, he discovered the boy with his dead parent. Khomala brought the boy to his house and named him Varakittika. Before he died, the hunter left his message with his daughters to look after Varakittika.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 11 ໜ້າ 1: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມຈ້າຍຫຼວງແລ ຂີ້ຄ້ານແລ ທັງມວນມີ 9 ຜູກແລ. Lānthī 11 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām chāi luang lae khīkhān lae thangmuan mī 9 phūk lae.

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 (ຜູກຖ້ວນ 4)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (Phuk 4)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (fascicle 4)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao