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:
52.9 x 5.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.9 x 5.1 cm
Text block dimension:
45.7 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
9 Phankot (9 thousand ten millions) is the name of a holy Khatha (stanza) which Gotama Buddha learnt from Ariya Metteyya. The Buddha delivered this stanza to Indra and devas while visiting Tavatimsa heaven. The stanza has power to support the persons who remember and recite it. A person who writes the manuscript of 9 Phankot or sponsors the making of this manuscript and donates it to the monastery will be free from all diseases, not go to hell for many existences. The merit of making this manuscript will support relatives who were born as ghosts and move them to a good place.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao tham 9 Phankot mī phūk diao nī lae. Chao satthā maen Thao Khanān Bunthin hua bān thān müa vai phāinā. Khὁhü dai thüng suk 3 pakān dae thoen.
Lānthī 10 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tāvan khün sū thiang lae sai pī moeng sai sangkāt rāja dai phan 7 hὁi 707 tua düan 5 haem 15 kham mü vansao thai. Phὁ Ajān sai hü Maethao Khanān Bunthin hua bān thān müa vai phāinā. Khὁhü dai khün sū fā viangkaeo yὁt nelaphān. Phūkhā dai sai tham 9 Phankot vai kap sāsanā 500 pha vatsā, khὁhü phayāthi lokhā ton tua phūkhā sāng hāi tae nai suanī lae sātnā, khὁhü phūkhā dai khün sū fā süvā nelaphān dae thoen. Phūkhā dai sai tham 9 Phankot vai süp sāsanā, khὁhü phūkhā dai thüng suk 3 pakān, phūkhā chak pāthanā ao phayā sapphanyū duang pasoet, khὁhü phūkhā dai koet lom than van yām phachao Ariya Mettaya ton chak koet mā phāinā dae thoen.