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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0056 00345
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624480
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Chaek Monastery
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Buddhist Literature
Copyist:
Phò Thao Khamdaeng, Ban Huai Chaek village
Begin Year Date:
1900
End Year Date:
2000
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:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Text block dimension:
49. 0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
30 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
A millionaire in Pharanasi city had a beautiful daughter. He handed over his daughter to a man named Phanit. One day, Phanit was arrested by a group of millionaires’ sons who were unmoral and crazy about power. They abandoned Phanit in Mahavan forest in order to let him die in the forest. There, Phanit met a god who was ever his friend in the previous existence. The god gave him medicine with power of beauty. When Phanit consumed the medicine, he became handsome. Then the god brought him by the air to his family in Pharanasi.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ນະຣະຊິວະ (ຜູກ 3)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Narajiva (Phuk 3)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali; Lao
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