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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00432

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624567

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Pha Phaeng

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Pha Phaeng

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

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:

52.2 x 5.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.2 x 5.2 cm

Text block dimension:

48.0 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

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:

ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ໜ້າທັບພາຍເຄົ້າສັກກະບັນແລວອນອາຄາແລເນືອ ຜູ້ຂ້າຂຽນທຳກັບນີ້ຂໍຫື້ຜູ້ຂ້າມີບຸນຍະສົມພານແດ່ເທີ້ນບຸນເຮີຍ. ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 1: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນງາຍແລ. Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao Sakkaban lae vòn ākhā lae nüa phūkhā khian tham kap nī khòhü phūkhā mī bunya somphān dae thoen bun hoei. Lānthī 10 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām van ngāi lae.

Other notes:

Many folios have traces of biding by animals.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສັກກະບັນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sakkapabbaṃ

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The section on the Sakka (Indra)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao