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:
56.2 x 5.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
56.2 x 5.2 cm
Text block dimension:
48.0 x 4.5 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
Prince Vessantara led Princess Maddi, Jali and Kanha to Mount Vamka. On their way to Mount Vamka they welcomed by King Jetarat. The king asked Prince Vessantara to rule Jetarat kingdom together with him. But Prince Vessantara denied and asked the king the direction to Vamka hill. When they arrived at Mount Vamka, they separately stayed in two Sala (pavilion) which had already been erected there.
Colophon:
Lānthī 11 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām vanthiang khālae. Chao satthā maen Thao Phò Maisòng pen khao kwā pariyā lae lūk lān thangmuan kò mī chai lüam sai nai vòla phuttha sāsanā ching pai khonkhwāi hā dai yang potakka bailān māhü Thao Saen Sitthināvòn taemkhian yang tham Mahāsāt kapnòi nī thān vai khap sāsanā pha Gotama chao 5000 pha vatsā khòhü tūkhā thanglāi dai han nā pha Ariya Mettaya ton chak mā phāinā khòhü tukhā thanglāi dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mū nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī yòt viangkaeo nakkhara mahā nelaphān nan kò chong chak mī thiang thae dīrī. Nibbānaṃ abhayaṃ. iminā pūnya kāmena rājāpittā mādā phariyā buttā buttī nattā nattī yātikā mepicha inthācha phommācha kinnārī thὁlanī khungkhā isurā sappha thevā anumothantu laeo lae sāt müai khing hoei.