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:
56.4 x 5.3 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
56.4 x 5.3 cm
Text block dimension:
46.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
16 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The merit derived from worshiping and listening to the preaching the Vessantara Jataka, which will bring one’s wishes come true. Such as after death:
1. One will be born in heavens.
2. Not going to hells.
3. Born the period of the coming Buddha, Sri Ariyamettaya.
4). To be a condition to attain enlightenment and enter Nirvana.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāipāi Anisòng Vetsantara. Tuanòi thò tākai tua yai thò tākhwāi lāi mü ai thī mā kap kai tua khwai lom müan mai hak lom tua bò kon müan dūkngū tai laeng tua bò chaeng kò bò müan phoen thanglāi dī ai sòi dòk kom pha phī hom long sai sam toem payā vai ān thò nüa chao.
Lānthī 8 nā1: Sadet laeo yām kòng laeng lae Nantha rikkhitta khāphachao dai sai tham Anisòng Mahā Vetsantara khamsū sāsanā 5 phan pha vatsā khòhü khā dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nipphān pen yòt.
Lānthī 8 nā 2: Nāthap phāikhao tham Anisòng Vetsantara banton thūchao phanāi tondai dai thetsanā kò khòi phichālanā ao thò nüa phalān thanglāi hoei tua kae phò hak bò ngām lae thītok kò mī thīlüa kò mī lae khòi ān khòi vā pahi thò.