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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0057 00122

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624943

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Lamphun

Name of collection:

Singkha Wannasai

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thu Cao (monk) Panya

Shelfmark:

1133

Subject matter:

Astrology; Rituals

Copyist:

Phra (monk) Kham

Begin Year Date:

1870

End Year Date:

1920

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Sri Ping Chai

Script:

Tham Lan Na

Writing support:

Sa Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

Yes

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

11.2 x 34.8 cm

Text block dimension:

10 x 30 cm

Number of pages:

62 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is an astrological textbook explaining auspicious times and predictions, such as the days of journeys, directions and different positions of luck and misfortune related to house construction for people of different birth years, fortune-telling divination related to different birth years, auspicious times of the seven weekdays, astrological beliefs and rites of house construction, calculation tables for multiplication of numbers, criteria for prices of goods, prayers for eliminating misfortune, on auspicious days (five occasions), rituals and prayers for the curing of bad luck.

Colophon:

“หนังสือษบับนิ ข้าทุคำ แต้มตัวบ่งามแล แต้มแล้วเวลาบ่าย ๕ มงเย็นแล (อักษรไทย)” “ค้ำชูสาสนาพระเป็นเจ้าแล (อักษรไทย)” “ข้าพระคำ แต้มให้ทุเจ้าปัญญา วัดบ้านสรีปิงชัย ม่วนพ่อง? (อักษรไทย)” สุดหนี้แล้วทุเจ้าเหย ก็แล้วเท่านี้ก่อนแล “This book was written by me, Thu (monk) Kham, and finished at five o'clock in the afternoon. My handwriting is really bad.” [The manuscript was written] to uphold the Teachings of Lord Buddha.” “I, Phra Kham, wrote [the manuscript] for Thu Chao (monk) Panya at Wat Ban Sri Ping Chai and enjoyed it.” (Thai script) The manuscript ends here.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ตำราโหราศาสตร์และพิธีกรรม

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Tamra Horasat Lae Phithikam

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Treatise of Astrology and Rituals

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lan Na; Pali