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:
55.5 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
55.5 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
53.5 x 4.3 cm
Number of pages:
30 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about the Buddha delivered a sermon to Phra Maha Moggallana Thera and other monks on universe and planets. Then Phra Maha Moggallana Thera who had supernatural power wanted to see. The Venerable asked the Buddha for permission to allow him examine cosmos. The Venerable carried a bowl full of sesame. He dropped one sesame on one planet until the bowl empty, but the planets remain. Finally the Venerable lost his way back to the earth. Then he asked the Buddha helping him back.
Colophon:
Lānthī 14 nā 2: Rikkhitta sadet laeo yām kὁng phao dai sai kāng khün tua bὁ ngām sak met lae, khὁi phitchālanā ān tām khwām ao yoe. Thuphī, mὁm lae phaphībāo chao thanglāi hoei. Rikkhitta pha Nὁkeo Vat Bān Hὁichaek khian lae. Tham phūk nī khὁi müa ao Vat Nāsān mā kāi lae hoei, pī kā mao. Khὁhü phūkhā dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nelaphān pen thī laeo thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle. Mak 1 phon 1 nipphān 1 laeo lae.
Lānthī 15 nā 1: (khian dὁi bik sī fā) Tham Pākchaek lae noe pha hoei.
Lānthī 15 nā 2: Sāt lüa chai khai sik thae hoei buat kὁ hüng nān laeo hὁt 8 pī. Māi nāthap phāipāi Mahā Mokkhanlāna long thip lae. Bailān thangmuan mī 15 bai thang nāthap lae tua bὁ ngām pān dai lae.
(khian dὁi bik sī dam): Pha Nὁkeo Hὁichaek sai.