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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00342

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624477

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Nan Sao

Subject matter:

Buddhist Literature

Copyist:

Nan Sao

Copying date in native date:

ແຮມ 10 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ ຈຽງ ປີ ກາເໝົ້າ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1963 November 11

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:

45.5 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Third 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: ໝາຍບານຊີໜ້າເຄົ້າ ພະຍາມິລິນທະຖາມບັນຫາ ພະຍານາກຄະສຽນ ຜູກຖ້ວນຄົບ 3 ແລທ່ານເຮີຍ. ທຳມັດສະໜານເສົາຣິກຂິດຕັດຖະບັນຫາໂຄຕະມະ ຂໍກັບພະເຈົ້າອະຣິຍະເມດໄຕຍະຄັ້ງໜ້າເທີ້ນ. ລານທີ່ 13 ໜ້າ 2: ປີກັດເໝົາ ເດືອນຈຽງ ແຮມສິບຄ່ໍາ. Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi bānsī nākhao Phayā Milintha thām banhā Phayā Nākkhasian phūk thuan khop 3 lae thān hoei. Thammatsa Nān Sao rikkhit tatthabanhā Gotama khὁ kap phachao Ariya Mettaya khang nā thoen. Lānthī 13 nā 2: Pī kat mao düan chiang haem sip kham.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມິລິນທະປັນຫາ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Milinda pañhā (Phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The questions of King Milinda (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao