Phò Pha On (father of Novice On) together with his wife
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Saen Sitthinavòn
Copying date in native date:
ປີ ເຕົ່າຍີ່ ສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ 1324
Copying date in Gregorian:
AD 1962
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:
46.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
40 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The king of Takkasila asked questions with Thao Khatthanam. What does means “gloomy”, “compassion”, “night” and “standing”? When Thao Khatthanam answered the meanings of those words, the king of Takkasila established him as his teacher. But the king used Khatthanam’s magic wand pointed at him, thus Thao Khatthanam became a gold bar in Takkasila city.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao tham Kanthanām phūk 8 pāng müa phoen kwaet nam hὁi nὁi khün sū nā dὁn, pū pā khün sīm sὁn nam yai. Khὁi sai vai sia laeo khὁi boeng dū yoe.
Lānthī 19 nā 2: Batnī mūnla satthā Phὁ Pha On, tua khὁi 2 khāchao phua mia kὁ pai khonkhwāi hā dai yang potakka bailān mā hü Phὁthao Saen Sitthināvὁn taemkhian yang tham Kanthanām phūk 8 nī, thān vai kap sāsanā 5000 pha vatsā, khὁhü tukhὁi thanglāi dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī yὁt viangkaeo nakkhala mahā nelaphān nan kὁ chong chak mī thiang thae dīrī lae.
Lānthī 20 nā 2: Nāthap bailop phāipāi lae tham Kanthanām phūk 8 tham Vat Pākchaek mī sip phūk pen kap lae noe. Bailān thangmuan mī 18 bai pāi nāthap lae khan bὁ süa khὁi mā ān nap dū yoe.