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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00279

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624414

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Ī (Ms.) Yaeng

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Thu Luang Chanthavong, abbot of Vat Pak Chaek temple

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:

52.0 x 4.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.0 x 4.6 cm

Text block dimension:

47.0 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

40 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The king of Matutarat Nakhon wished to have the Nilubon flower which is fragrant and planted in the underworld. The king commanded Suphommamokkha to bring the flower for him. If he could not bring the king the flower, he would be beheaded. Then Suphommamokkha left the city for seeking the flower.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 19 ໜ້າ 2: ຜູກ 2 ພໍ່ອີ່ແຍງ ເຈົ້າສັດທາ ຜູ້ຂຽນທຸຫຼວງເຈົ້າວັດ ຈັນທະວົງ ບ້ານຫ້ວຍແຈກນ້ຳອູແລ. Lānthī 19 nā 2: Phūk 2 Phὁ Ī Yaeng chao satthā phūkhian thu Luang chao vat Chanthavong Bān Hὁichaek Nam Oū lae.

Other notes:

This manuscript is the first fascicle of a series of six fascicles holding DS no. DS 0056 00278 – 00283.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສຸພົມມະໂມກຂະ ໝາ 9 ຫາງ (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Subrahmamokkha Mā 9 hāng (Phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Suphommamokkha and a nine-tailed dog (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao