Vat Pak Chaek Monastery, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao
Writing support:
Paper Schoolbook
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
15.5 x 20.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.5 x 20.0 cm
Text block dimension:
18.0 x 12.5 cm
Number of pages:
96 pages
Number of blank pages:
7 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The story of a Brahmin and a tiger. A Brahmin studied stanzas from Takkasila. He could cure a dead body to be revived. While he was wandering in the forest, he found a dead tiger died of a snake biting. The Brahmin wanted to test the power of his stanzas. He blew at the tiger. Suddenly, the tiger revived, it was frightened. It jumped the Brahmin and ate him for food.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 040r - 040v - 041r: Sadet laeo yām 5 muang yang sāo nāthī tòn laeng düan 7 òkmai 11 kham sip et kham van 7 mü tao sangā nan lae, dai ao tham lao mākāi pen tua tham lü lae. Khāphachao phikkhu Inthapanyo Salo dai khian tae pī tao san tò sai pī kā hao müa phò sò 2535 tò sai 36 lae; chò sò 1354 tò sai 1355; khò sò 1993 nan lae. Kham lao vā phò sò 2535; chò sò 1354; khò sò 1993 laeo pian pen phò sò 2536; chò sò 1355. Khò hai pen phala bun kuason nābun khamsū ton tua phūkhā khò hai phūkhā dai thüng mak 4 phon 4 lae nipphān 1 kap thang lokuttaratham chao duang pasoet dae kò khā thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ aiyanaṃ dhema. Laeo lae.
Chao satthā Phò Ī Yang, Nān Pan nòi van sin khao būsā lae.