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:
51.8 x 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.8 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
47.8 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
34 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
While staying at the Jetavanna monastery, the Buddha delivered a sermon to monks and people and described this story. In the past, King Phanthumavadi ruled Champa Nakhon. The king always did alms-giving, observed precepts and meditated and also dedicated his merit to his people and gods. Therefore, his kingdom was peaceful. There was a couple who lived in the city and had two sons. The first son named Suriyakhat (lit: solar eclipse) because he was born on a Sunday. The second son named Chanthakhat (lit: lunar eclipse) as he was born on a Monday.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap tham Chanthakhāt phūkton baikhao thangmuan mī 18 phūk thang nāthap lae. Khāphachao Ajān Nān Chansarī, Phὁ Khamsὁn. Sadet laeo yām kin khao sao laeo sāo yū khuang noen nan lae, düan 12 chamloen khün 6 kham van 2 van nὁk mü poek. Khὁ chong hü koson nābun khamsū ton tua haeng khā dai khao sū viangkaeo yὁt nipphān kὁ khā thoen. Niccaṃ patha nibbānaṃ sukkhaṃ patha nibbānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ kὁ khā dae bun hoei.
Lānthī 18 nā 2: Māi nāthap tham Chanthakhāt phūkton baipāi lae, thangmuan mī 18 thang nāthap lae, thuchao phanāi thanglāi tondai dai thetsanā kὁ khὁi phichālanā ao yoe sai kāng khün dae.