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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00668

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624803

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 Bun Punyo, abbot of Vat Pak Chaek monastery

Copying date in native date:

ປີ 2016

Copying date in Gregorian:

AD 2016

Place of copying:

Lattha Hae 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 21.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

16.0 x 21.1 cm

Text block dimension:

16.5 x 13.3 cm

Number of pages:

40 pages

Number of blank pages:

10 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

While Ora Phimpha was looking for her husband, Prince Pachitta, she met a rich couple whose daughter just died. She could cure the dead girl to be revived. The millionaire couple was so glad. So, they proposed to offer Ora Phimpha all their properties but she did not accept. Then she continued her travelling for looking for her husband. On the way, she also discovered many dead people and she helped to cure them to be revived. Finally, she realized that she could not find her husband and no way to find him. Then, she decided to be ordained as a nun in a temple.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ອໍຣະພິມພາ (ຜູກ 4)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Òra Bimbā (Phuk 4)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Princess Bimbā (fascicle 4)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao