Pak Chaek village, 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:
15.8 x 20.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.8 x 20.9 cm
Text block dimension:
19.5 x 12.5 cm
Number of pages:
94 pages
Number of blank pages:
46 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
9 Phankot (9 thousand ten millions) is the name of a holy Khatha (stanza) which Gotama Buddha learnt from Ariya Metteyya. The Buddha delivered this stanza to Indra and devas while visiting Tavatimsa heaven. The stanza has power to support the persons who remember and recite it. A person who writes the manuscript of 9 Phankot or sponsors the making of this manuscript and donates it to the monastery will be free from all diseases, not go to hell for many existences. The merit of making this manuscript will support relatives who were born as ghosts and move them to a good place.
Colophon:
ຮູບທີ່ 043r – 043v: ແລ້ວແລ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໜານເຄີງ ຂຽນໃຫ້ສາທຸບົນ ບ້ານປາກແຈກ ທານເມືອໃຫ້ພາຍໜ້າ ຂໍໃຫ້ນາບົນອັນນີ້ມາກ້ຳມາຊູ ຫື້ໄດ້ມາເກີດຊັ້ນຟ້າຕາວະຕິງສາສະຫວັນຊັ້ນຟ້າ ຕໍ່ເທົ້າຮອດວຽງແກ້ວຍອດເນຣະພານແທ້ແດ່ທ້ອນບຸນເຮີຍ ຜິດພາດຕົວໃດກໍ່ຫື້ແປງເອົາທ້ອນ ສາທຸເຮີຍ.
Hūpthī 043r – 043v: Laeo lae, khāphachao Nān Khüng khian hai Sāthu Bon Bān Pakchaek thān müa hai phāinā, khò hai nābon an nī mākam māsū hü dai mā keot sanfā tāvatingsā savan sanfā tò thao hòt viangkaeo yòt nelaphān thae dae thòn bun hoei, phitphāt tua dai kòhü paeng ao thòn sāthu hoei.