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:
51.7 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.7 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
18.0 x 4.3 cm
Number of pages:
10 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
When the Bodhisattva was born as a calf. One day, his mother confronted a tiger. The tiger would kill her as a meal. The cow appealed the tiger for her life for a moment. She would nurse her child then will come back for tiger's food. The good-heated tiger released the cow. After nursing and informing, the calf run to the tiger and asked the tiger to eat him instead of his mother. Finally, the tiger symphtized and allowed the cow and calf freedom.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Bailān mī sāo bai thang nāthap lae. Dai khian pen 5 thaeo phὁ bailān san dae bὁ mī bailān dae.
Nāthap tham phāikhao Champā 4 ton mat 3 phūk 4 lae. Mat 3 phūk 4 maen phūk sām sip 4 lae.
Khian pī phὁ sὁ 2541, chὁ sὁ 1360, khὁ sὁ 1998 lae.
Lānthī 19 nā 2: Chong hü pen pala bun khamsū phūkhā suanī lae sātnā kae phūkhā phikkhu Inthapanyo phūkhian dae thoen tham Champā 4 ton mī 4 kap kap nai mī sip phūk pen sī sip phūk lae sāo phūk pen tuakhian lek chān lae sāo phūk khian dὁi nam bik lae khian lek chān bὁ dai phὁ chep kaphὁ lae āyu khὁi kὁ thao dae dai 68 pī laeo kὁ bὁ mī phai khian sὁi phὁ mai phὁ tua lae thān phū ān thanglāi hὁei laeo lae.