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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0056 00337
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624472
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Chaek Monastery
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Phò Unfan (father of Mr. Unfan)
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Phò Thao Saen Sitthinavòn
Copying date in native date:
ປີ ກົດໄຈ້ ສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ 1322
Copying date in Gregorian:
AD 1960
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:
51.0 x 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.0 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
44.5 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
48 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
Indra asked two questions with Suvanna Sangkha. First question is what makes the human world and heavenly world dark? Secend is what makes the human world and heavenly world bright? Suvanna Sangkha was a clever man. He answered the questions clearly.
Colophon:
Lānthī 23 nā 1-2: Sadet laeo yām tae sū thiang van nan lae, pī kot chai sangkāt dai phan 3 hὁi pāi sāo 2 tua düan 12 haem kham 1 mü ὁk vatsā van phat thai hap pao van nan lae. Batnī mūnla satthā māi mī Phὁ Onfan 2 khāchao phua mia pen khao kwā phὁ lae mae lae maethao lae lūk tao thangmuan kὁ mī buppha chetanā satthā pai sü ao yang bailān tit kham laeo mā hü Phὁthao Saen sitthināvὁn mā taemkhian yang tham Suvanna Sangkhān Kummān phūk 4 nī, doem phüa chak mā thapanā thwāi pen thān müa vai phāinā khὁhü tūkhā thanglāi dai thüng suk 3 pakān, suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo yὁt viangkaeo nakkhara mahā nelaphān nan kὁ khὁ chong chak mī thiang thae dīrī. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ laeo lae. Mak 1 phon 1 nipphān 1. Nibbāna paccayo hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ. Khὁhü khὁi thanglāi dai han nā phachao Ariya Mettaya ton chak long mā phāinā, khὁhü phūkhā dai han nā thae yā khāt yā khā hü khὁi dae thao van. Tham Ai Ngὁ kap nī lāi khon khian lāi
Other notes:
The last folio was torn on the left part.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສຸວັນນະສັງຂານ (ຜູກ 4)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Suvanna Sangkhān (Phuk 4)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Story of Prince Suvanna Sangkhan (fascicle 4)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali; Lao
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