Vat Ban Fai 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:
16.0 x 20.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.0 x 20.8 cm
Text block dimension:
19.5 x 14.0 cm
Number of pages:
76 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about wise Thura Brahmin who was a junk merchant lived in Phala Nakhon. Once, he travelled to Pharahara Nakhon (city) with other merchants in 400 junks. When they arrived in the city. On the next day they were accused by the people that they all conducted adultery with villagers’ daughters and wives. So, their goods were confiscated by the governor of the city. Thura Brahmin solved the problem. Finally, all merchants had gotten their goods back.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 034v – 035r – 035v: Khian pī poek yī düan 3 ὁkmai 7 kham pī 1998 mot tὁ sai 1999. Khian sadet laeo yām sip muang yang 20 kāng van yām chak kai tae nan lae phikkhu Inthapanyo chao āthikān Vat Bān Hὁifāi khian khamsū Ai Mai Bun lae Sāo Saeng kap 2 khāchao phua [mia] süvā Phὁ Ai Phāi lae mae Ai Phāi phὁm dὁi khὁp khua khian vai khamsū sāsanā khὁ fāk thān tham phūk nī müa vai phāinā khὁhü phūkhā thang 2 phua mia dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī y viang kaeo nirandὁn mahā nelaphān pen thī laeo kae phūkhā thang 2 phua mia dae kὁ khā thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hontu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kapiyaṃtaṃ aiyānaṃ thema. Khὁhü pen uppa nitsai pa chai khamsū thang phūkhā phū dai khian nī dae thoen bun hoei. Khian thuk khian yāk thī sut thī sut tham phūk nī nā tham Vat Nāyāng khian yāk man kham pāk bὁ müan kan tham 30 bai khian hὁt 9 mü kap thὁng van 1 ching ti laeo khian yāk thī sut tua tham thai Nāyāng tua nὁi