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:
16.1 x 20.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.1 x 20.7 cm
Text block dimension:
19.5 x 14.0 cm
Number of pages:
84 pages
Number of blank pages:
9 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
A hunter was being chased by a tiger. To escape, he jumped up into a tree. In the same tree, there lived a monkey and her baby. When the mother monkey saw the tired hunter with the growling tiger under him, she decided to help him. She hung a vine down. Now the hunter could climb up easily and escape. But later the hunter killed the monkey and brought her baby to his home. On the way home the ground opened up and the hunter felt down the hole. His spirit went down to hell to be tortured there.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 035v: Sadet laeo yām 7 muang tòn sao kòn san pī kot sangā düan yī òkmai 3 kham van angkhān thai huang pao van nan lae. Phò sò 2533; chò sò 1352; khò sò 1990. Chao satthā Phòthao Khanān Khoeng phòm dòi lūktao kò mī chai sai satthā phā kan sāng tha Siao Savāt phūk 4 vai kap sāsanā kò doem phüa chak uthitsa nābun suankin suanthān an nī müa vai phāinā khò chong hü pen phala bun kuason khamsū nai suanī lae sātnā thae dae bun hoei.
Hūpthī 036r: Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ aiyanaṃ dhema.
Phikkhu Inthapanyā Salo Ajān khian khamsū lae. Suantua phūkhā dai taem dai khian khò pāthanā ao lokuttaratham chao khòhü dai dang khammak kham pāthanā khā dae bun hoei laeo lae.