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:
16.0 x 20.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.0 x 20.7 cm
Text block dimension:
18.5 x 14.0 cm
Number of pages:
96 pages
Number of blank pages:
5 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Thao Kadon rode on Manikpa horse continuing their long journey to find for Thao Naphak. They passed through rivers and forests and asked fish, crocodiles, and other animals for Thao Na Phak. But nobody saw Thao Naphak. A female civet cat saw Thao Kadon who was handsome, she wanted to marry him but she is an animal. She went to a river and said out her wishes. Her next life, if she will be born as a girl; may she be a beautiful girl and meet a handsome boy like Thao Kadon whom she loves.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 044r: Sadet laeo yām bāi 2 muang khoeng kāng van haeng düan 8 haem sip et kham van 2 tao chai nan lae sangkāt rāja dai 1349 tua phὁ sὁ 2530; khὁ sὁ 1987 pī moeng mao. Phikkhu Inthapanyāsalo Ajān pen phū ritchanā lep leng dὁi tua nangsü tham lāo mā kāi pen tua tham lü lae. Sanan phūkhā khὁ ao yang suk 3 pakān khüvā suk nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo maen yὁt amutta mahā nakhara neraphān khὁhü dai dang kham mak kham pāthanā hü khānὁi dae bun hoei. Niccaṃ thuvaṃ laeo lae. Tua bὁ ngām bὁ samoe tua nὁi tua yai naeo dai kὁ mī phai dai thetsanā kὁ khὁi phichālanā ao thὁ noe.