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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627705

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit Thongdi; his wife Sao Pheng

Subject matter:

Folktale

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1299, a kap chai year, BE 2480

Copying date in Gregorian:

1937

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Lao Buhan (Old Lao)

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

59.0 x 4.9 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59.0 x 4.9 cm

Text block dimension:

53.5 x 3.6 cm

Number of pages:

962 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 481 ໜ້າທີ່ 2: ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2479 ຈຸນລະສັງກາດ 1299 ປີກາບໃຈ້ ວັນອັງຄານ ເດືອນ 10 ແຮມ 10 ຄໍ່າ ມື້ ປີນັ້ນເປັນປີອາທິຄະມາດ 8 ສອງຫົນ ຄິດຕະສັງກາດ 1237 ໝາຍມີ ທິດທອງດີ ແລະ ສາວເພັງ ຜົວເມຍ ທີ່ບ້ານຊຽງກາງ ໄດ້ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາສ້າງໜັງສື ພະມະນີ 2 ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະໂຄຕະມະເຈົ້າ ໃຫ້ເປັນທີ່ຖາວອນຕໍ່ພາຍໜ້າກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ຄັນຖ້າຜູ້ຂ້າທັງ 2 ຄິດອັນໃດ ຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ດັ່ງຄຳມັກຄຳປາຖະໜາ ແດ່ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ທຸວັງ ທຸວັງ ນິດຈັວ ນິດຈັງ. Folio 481 on the verso side: In the Buddhist Era (BE) 2479, AD 1299, a kap chai year, Tuesday, on the tenth day of the waning moon of the tenth lunar month, a athikamat year (a year with double eighth lunar months), CS 1237. Thit (ex-monk) Thongdi and Sao (Mrs) Pheng, husband and wife from Ban Xiangkang village had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Pha Mani, to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha sustainably in the future. May our wishes and desires come true. Dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ niccaṃ niccaṃ (certainly and constantly).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພຣະມະນີ ສຸຣິຍົງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phra Maṇī Suriyoṅ

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Phra Mani Suriyong

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao