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:
16.3 x 20.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.3 x 20.8 cm
Text block dimension:
19.0 x 13.0 cm
Number of pages:
84 pages
Number of blank pages:
7 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Dhatukatha is the third book of Abhidhamma which combines ideas from the two preceding Abhidhamma books, the Dhammasangaha and Vibhanga. It is in the form of questions and answers, grouped 14 chapters by form. Thus the first chapter asks of each item covered, “In how many aggregates, bases and elements is it included? Later chapters progress to more complex questions like “From how many aggregates etc. are the Dhammas dissociated from the Dhamma associated with it dissociated?
Colophon:
ຮູບທີ່ 039r: ທໍາມັດທາຕຸກະຖາແລ ທໍາລາວເອົາບ້ານດອນຫຼວງມາຂຽນແລ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ຜູກ 3 ແລ.
Hūpthī 039r: Tham Matthātu Kathā lae, tham lāo ao Bān Dòn Luang mā khian lae. Sādhu sādhu nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ kò khā thoen, phūk 3 lae.
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ທາຕຸກະຖາ (ຜູກ 3)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Dhātukathā (Phuk 3)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Discussion with reference to the elements (fascicle 3)