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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00133

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518748

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Buddhist chronicle

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 x 54 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 54 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 49 cm

Number of pages:

26 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The fourteenth fascicle of the story of Venerable Uppagupta Thera. In BE 218, King Asoka of Pataliputra organized the celebration for his 84,000 stupas. At the time, the Mara appeared and destined a heavy rain to destroy the ceremony. The Sangha sent a young novice to invite Upagupta Thera who has been living in the underworld to suppress the Mara. Uppagupta Thera was fighting the Mara with his supernatural power. Finally, the Mara was controlled. The Venerable tied the Mara's neck with a carcass of a dog and attached him with the Sumeru Mount until the celebration fully finished. At the end, the Mara wished to become a Buddha in the future and showed his body appearance in the form of the Buddha for the Venerable and people.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະອຸບປະຄຸດ ຜູກ 14

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phra Uppagupta, Phuk 14

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Venerable Uppagupta Thera torturing the Mara, fascicle 14

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao