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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00341

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624476

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Buakham together with his wife and children

Subject matter:

Buddhist Literature

Copyist:

Nan Khamsili

Copying date in native date:

ແຮມ 8 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ ຈຽງ ປີ ກາເໝົ້າ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1963 November 09

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:

46.0 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Second 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:

Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap baikhao Phayā Milinthabanhā lae Nākhasian phūk 2. Mūnla satthā Saen Buakham phὁm dὁi lūk mia thangmuan kὁ mī buppha chetanā chak uthitsa suanthān müa vai phāinā vai thā pha Mettaya lae. Lānthī 18 nā 1: Sadet laeo kā mao düan chiang haem 8 kham tὁn sao lae, Thammatsa rikkhitta Gotama Ariya Mettaya. Lānthī 18 nā 2: Māi nāthap baipāi nīyāi Milinthabanhā phūk 2 lae thammatsa rikkhitta attano dὁi ton aiang khā lae.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມິລິນທະປັນຫາ (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Milinda pañhā (Phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The questions of King Milinda (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao