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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0056 00550
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624685
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Chaek Monastery
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Literature
Begin Year Date:
1900
End Year Date:
2000
Place of copying:
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:
15.8 x 20.3 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.8 x 20.3 cm
Text block dimension:
18.0 x 13.0 cm
Number of pages:
36 pages
Number of blank pages:
3 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Kinnali or kinnari (a half-man and half bird creature). Once King Phommathat of Benares travelled lonely into the Himalaya forest for hunting, he saw a kinnali who was so beautiful staying with her husband, kinnala. He was suddenly fallen in love with her and wanted her to become his own wife. Thus, he shot her husband by his archer and persuaded her to become his wife. Kinnali rejected his offer. Moreover, she condemned at him as a bad man. She stayed alongside her husband and cried. When the king went away, Indra came and poured the holy water on kinnala, then he revived.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ນາງກິນນາລີ (ຜູກດຽວ)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Nāng Kinnalī (Phuk Diao)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
A half-man and half-bird creature (single fascicle)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali; Lao
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