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:
51.1 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.1 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
47.5 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
16 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The first part mentions a monk from Kusinara visiting Ariya Metteyya in Brahma and asked Ariya Metteyya to explain about the obligation for one’s parent. The second part mentions a son of Indra born as Mahaphom. Later Mahaphom was ordained as a novice. When his mother died, he made a manuscript of Phothiyan Long Koet and offered it to a monk in order to dedicate the merit to his mother. When the monk received his manuscript, his mother escaped from suffering and born in a good place. The third part mentions about the merit of making the manuscript of Phothiyan Long Koet.
Colophon:
Lānthī 19 nā 2: Sadet khian laeo pī 1998 düan sip ὁkmai 13 kham van phahat dὁi phikkhu Inthapanyo pen phū ritchanā khian dὁi nam bik bik dam lae tae kὁn kὁ khian dὁi lek chān lae müa āyu dai 62 kὁ khian sāo phūk dὁi lek chān bāt vā āyu dai 68 mā loei chep kaphὁ khian lek chān bὁ dai cham pen dai khian bik nī lae. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kapiyaṃtaṃ aiyanaṃ thema.
Lānthī 20 nā 2: Lom bailān mī 20 bai thang nāthap lae. Nāthap tham phāipāi Champā 4 ton mat 3 phūk 7 mat 3 lae. Thangmot mī 40 phūk chim kan noe sip phūk nai pen mat 1 lae.