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:
49.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
14 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: Māi nāthap phāikhao tham 9 Phankot phūk diao nī lae. Chao satthā maen Pha Lὁ lae Phὁ Ī Paeng 2 phua mia thān vai sāsanā lae.
Lānthī 6 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tὁn bāi 2 muang lae vanthī 26 düan 5 pī 71 lae sammana satthā lae mūnla satthā Pha Lὁ lae Phὁ Ī Paeng 2 phua [mia] pen kok pen khao kwā phī nὁng thangmuan, kὁ mī chai sai satthā pai sü ao bailān mā taemkhian tham 9 Phankot vai kap sāsanā 500 pha vatsā. Phὁthao Bā Saen rikkhitta attano dὁi ton aiang khā lae. Pen tok phikkhu lae sammanīan tondai dai thetsanā kὁ khὁi phichālanā ān pai thoen, thī tok kὁ mī thī lüa kὁ mī lae. Khὁhü nābun kham tae nai suanī lae sātnā tāp tὁ thao khao sū nelaphān dae thoen bun hoei.
Lānthī 7 nā 2: Māi nāthap baipāi 9 Phankot lae Thao Bā Saeng khian khamsū sāsanā chao Gotama 5000 pha vatsā khā lae.