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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00600

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624735

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Sathu Bun Punyo, abbot of Vat Pak Chaek monastery

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Sathu Buarom, abbot of Vat Hat Swa monastery

Begin Year Date:

1915

End Year Date:

2015

Place of copying:

Vat Hat Swa 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:

15.5 x 20.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

15.5 x 20.5 cm

Text block dimension:

19.0 x 13.0 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

When the five Bodhisattas met each other, they knew they are siblings and have the same mother which was a crow. Then they all had looked for their mother. The crow, when she returned her nest and found nothing. With great grief, finally, she died and was born in Brahma whose name was Khatika Maha Brahma. When Khatika Maha Brahma acknowledged that her five sons wandering in the Himalaya forest for looking for her. She descended and appeared in front of them and told them that she is their mother. Now she lives in Brahma realm.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ກາເຜີກ (ກາເຜືອກ) (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Kāphoek (Kāphüak) (Phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of a while crow (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao