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:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Text block dimension:
48.5 x 4.8 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
One day, a barber who was born in a merchant family, was travelling to Suvannaphum kingdom. On his way, he met a tiger, a bird, a giant, and a god who were his friends in the previous existence. The god spoke to him that in the previous life, I was born as a wealthy man and we were friends. Our other three friends did not make merit; therefore they are animals in this life. You are a human being and I am a god. This is because of the result of our good deed on making a Kathina ceremony in the previous life.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao tham Narachīva phūk 2 mī sip 3 bai thang muan lae. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle. Khὁhü dai dang kham pāthanā haeng khὁi thae dae.
Lānthī 12 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām lā laeng lae chao hoei. Phὁthao Mai 2 sai khamsū sāsanā pha Gotama 5 phan pha vatsā, khὁhü nābun khamsū ton tua phūkhā dae.
Lānthī 13 nā 2: Nāthap phāipāi tham Narachīva phūk 2 lae, maen tondai dai thetsanā khὁi phichālanā tām tua bὁ ngām lae noe. Phὁthao Khamdaeng Bān Hὁichaek maen phū dai yüm pai kāi kὁdī ao thetsanā hü thān fang kὁdī, khὁhü song khün Vat Hὁichaek dang kao thae noe chao thanglāi hoei.