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:
16.5 x 20.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.5 x 20.9 cm
Text block dimension:
19.5 x 14.5 cm
Number of pages:
84 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about King Pancha asked questions with King Buara. At the time, King Pancha wanted to test King’s Buara’s wisdom. So he brought two horses, mother and foal but they looked similar and asked King Buara that which horse is mother and which one is foal. King Buara’s answers were right.
Colophon:
ຮູບທີ່ 037v: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມບ່າຍ 4 ມວງຕອນແລງແລ ຂຽນປີກົດໃສ້ ເດືອນ 10 ອອກໃໝ່ 11 ຄໍ່າ ວັນທິດ ໄທ ຮັບໃສ້ນັ້ນແລ ຂຽນປີ 1989; ພ.ສ 2532; 1352. ພິກຂຸອິນທະປັນຍາຣິດຈະນາຂຽນດ້ວຍຕົນອຽງແລ ຂໍຢ່າຕິຕຽນແດ່ເນີ ພາຍປາຍຈັບຕົວນ້ອຍ ເພາະກະດາດບໍ່ພໍ ໄດ້ຂຽນຕົວນ້ອຍສະນ່ອຍແລທ່ານເຮີຍ. ອິເມຫິຍັງ ກັບປິຍັງຕັງ ໄອຍະ ເທມະ.
Hūpthī 037v: Sadet laeo yām bāi 4 muang tὁn laeng lae khian pī kot sai düan 10 ὁkmai 11 kham van thit thai hap sai nan lae khian pī 1989; phὁ sὁ 2532; 1352. Phikkhu Inthapanyā ritchanā khian dὁi ton aiang lae khὁ yā ti tian dae noe. Phāipāi chap tua nὁi phὁ kadāt bὁ phὁ dai khian tua nὁi sa nὁi lae thān hoei. Imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ aiya thema.