Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao buhan (Old Lao)
Writing support:
Palm-Leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
27.7 x 4.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
27.7 x 4.0 cm
Text block dimension:
26.5 x 3.7 cm
Number of pages:
66 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about the ten predictions of the Buddha on disaster for human beings. After 5,000 years of Buddhism, there will happen cataclysm. Human beings will kill each other. Bad people will be killed. Only good persons will be alive. Finally, the persons who follow the teaching of the Buddha will safe. The core teachings of the Buddha consist of three categories as following: “Avoid all evil; Cultivate the good and the true; Purify your mind. This is the teachings of the Buddha.”
Colophon:
Lānthī 32 nā 2: Dὁi desa phūkhā dai sai tham niyāi phūk nī khὁhü nābun khamsū sūanī lae sātnā tāp tὁ thao khaosū nelaphān kὁ khā dae thoen bun hoei mak 1 phon 1. Nīpphāna paccayo hontu no laeo lae.
Lānthī 33 nā 1: Phūkhā sai thammang phūk nī pī moeng khai chunla sangkāt dai 1309 tua mü van 4 thai tὁ yī kὁ khā lae düan 8 chamloen khün 4 kham. Sai dὁk mὁ mae sāo Ó phā thae voei sūt khuam khüt phāi ai bὁ sāng […] mae kaem khὁng sὁng vὁng phὁ hoei laeo lae ye līn bὁ dāi lae.
Lānthī 33 nā2: Māi nāthap tham niyāi Hὁkham phāipāi lae bὁ khā phūk diao bὁ lae. Lüa chai sāi mā yū āsom kwāng khanhāk ti hüng nān nān lae bò ò.
Other notes:
The last two folios have traces of biding by animals on the right end.