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 14.2 cm
Number of pages:
80 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Ai Kampha (Mr. Orphan) who had learnt the Three Vedas of the Hindu from a hermit. Before sending Ai Kampha away, the hermit gave him a bamboo bottle of honey and holy water. The honey and holy water could be cooked as food. The water had a power of rain.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 030v: Sadet khian laeo düan yī haem 1 kham van chan thai tao yī nan lae, yām bāi 3 muang loei 5 nāthī nan lae sāng khian pī kot sangā düan yī haem 1 kham chop thang sip lae.
Hūpthī 031r: Chao satthā sāng tham Siao Savāt phūk sip Saen Saiyarāt Sao Khamchan sāng thān müa vai phāinā khòhü khāchao dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī viangkaeo yòt nelaphān khā dae bun hoei. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ aiya dhema. Sādhu sādhu niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ laeo lao.
Hūpthī 031v: Phikkhu Inthapanyā Salo Ajān phū upatham khian khamsū khòhū dai thüng lokuttaratham chao dae kò khā thoen laeo lae.