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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00186

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624321

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

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:

56.9 x 4.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

56.9 x 4.3 cm

Text block dimension:

48.5 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

30 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

When Mathuracitta gave birth of her son. One month later she died. Devas looked after the babe in the forest by giving him ambrosia. Later, Pukamatanha who was 126 years old and his wife lived in Devadaha city entered the Himalaya forest and found the babe. They brought the babe to their house and gave him a name Suvannaphomma.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະລະສັງຂະຫຍາ (ຜູກຖ້ວນ 7)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (Phuk 7)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (fascicle 7)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao