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:
56.0 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
56.0 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
50.5 x 4.2 cm
Number of pages:
24 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
Sakkaban or Sakkapabbam (the section on Sakka or Indra) is the tenth section of the 13 sections of Veassantara Jataka. The content mentions about Sakka or Indra transformed as a Brahmin and bagged Princess Maddi from Vessantara. Vessantara gave Maddi to the Brahmin. Then the Bramin gave Maddi back and also eight blessings to Vessantara such as may the people of the Sivi city forgive him and invite him to back home.
Colophon:
Lānthī 12 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tāvan chak kai tok chak yok khām khòng Phā Daeng nan lae sai pī moeng hao phachao vā Sangkāt dai 2 phan 500 küng sāsanā düan sip khòi long mā sip 3 kham düan hon yām müa songsān khon thanglāi khiat sai daet hòt mai lung lāi khon luat ti tāi ütyāk khao nam hāk vikkhoen hòhoen mòng mon sao khao nam khāt sia hoen nan laeo khòhü bun haksā ton tua phuūkhā suanī lae sātnā khòhü dai han nā phachao Ariya Mettaya ton chak long mā phānā kò khā dae thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkātaṃ hotu anāgate kale an chak mā pāinā kò khā dae thoen.