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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00340

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624475

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Nan Sao together with his wife and children

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Nan Khamsili

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 15 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ ຈຽງ ປີ ກາເໝົ້າ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1963 November 01

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:

44.8 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

50 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

First fascicle. The Minlinda Panha (questions of Milinda) lively dialogue on Buddhist doctrine with questions and dilemmas posed by King Milinda – i.e., Menander, Greek ruler of a large Indo-Greek empire in the late 2nd century BCE – and answered by Nagasena, a senior monk. The problems discussed are common themes in the Pali canon, beginning with the nonexistence of a soul, and the doctrine is Theraveda.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ໜ້າທັບໃບເຄົ້າມິລິນທະບັນຫາ ຜູກຕົ້ນແລ ມີ 3 ຜູກຈິມກັນແລທ່ານເຮີຍ. ຂໍຫື້ເປັນຜະລະບຸນກົວສຸນນາບຸນອຸປະຖຳຄ້ຳຊູແຕ່ຊົ່ວນີ້ແລະຊາດໜ້າ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າເຂົ້າສູ່ເນລະພານຂ້ອຍແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ. ລານທີ່ 11 ໜ້າ 2: ໜານທຳໂສ ຣິກຂິດຕະປີກ່າເໝົ້າ ເດືອນຈຽງປິງ ແລ້ວແລ. Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao Milinthabanhā phūk ton lae, mī 3 phūk chim kan lae thān hoei. Khὁhü pen phala bun kuasun nābun upatham khamsū suanī lae sātnā tāp tὁ thao khao sū nelaphān khὁi dae bun hoei. Lānthī 11 nā 2: Nān Thamso rikkhitta pī kā mao düan chiang ping laeo lae.

Other notes:

The string hole is loose but does not affect the inscribed text.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມິລິນທະປັນຫາ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Milinda pañhā (Phuk Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The questions of King Milinda (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao