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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0056 00176
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624311
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Chaek Monastery
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Khanan (ex-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:
54.0 x 3.8 cm
Number of pages:
20 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about the elder brother of the millionaire who travelled to present his knowledge in various cities. Finally he brought a friend to his family and appointed his friend as millionaire instead of him. He himself was appointed as ruler of the city.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 9 ໜ້າ 1: ສູດແລ້ວຍາມຊ້າຍຫຼວງແລ ຂ້ອຍທຸຂະໜານທໍາມະປັນຍາ. Lānthī 9 nā 1: Sūt laeo yām sāi luang lae khὁi Thu Khanān Thammapanyā.
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.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ພະລະສັງຂະຫຍາ (ຜູກຖ້ວນ 9)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Bhala Sangkhanyā (Phuk 9)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Bhala Sangkhanyā (fascicle 9)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali; Lao
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