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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00104
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518719
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
Yes
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Phò Liang (step father) Pong
Subject matter:
Buddhist chronicle
Copying date in native date:
ຂຶ້ນ 4 ຄ່ຳ ວັນ 3 ມື້ ເຕົ່າຍີ່ ເດືອນ 4 ຈຸນລະສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ 1236 ຕົວປີ ກາບເສັດ
Copying date in Gregorian:
19 02 AD 1874
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
4.4 x 54.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.4 x 54.5 cm
Text block dimension:
4 x 50 cm
Number of pages:
40 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
After Queen Maha Maya gave a birth of her son at Lumbini Garden. King Suddhodana invited eight wise men to withness the naming ceremony and to suggest a good name for his son. The wise men examined the birthmarks of the prince and concluded, “The prince will be a king of kings if he wants to rule. If he chooses a religious life then he will become the Wisest-the Buddha.” The youngest of the five wise men, Kondanna, then said, “This prince will be the Buddha and nothing else.” Then the wise men gave him the name Siddhartha meaning “wish-fulfilled.”
Colophon:
See DS0011_00221

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສີມະຫາມາຍາ ຜູກຕົ້ນ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Sī Mahāmāyā, Phuk Ton
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The story of Queen Maha Maya, fascicle 1
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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