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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00012

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627716

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Chronicle

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2515

Copying date in Gregorian:

1973

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

51.3 x 5.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

51.3 x 5.0 cm

Text block dimension:

44.0 x 4.3 cm

Number of pages:

44 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Second fascicle of Nithan Khun Borom (the Story of Khun Borom). The content tells Pha Maha Cula Naggasena Thera and King of Sri Langka together with all the people of Sri Lanka made a Buddha statue for paying homage. The king gave a name to the Buddha so-called Pha Bang. Thereafter, the Buddha became the glory of their city. When Pha Maha Gosacan returned Khmer kingdom after having finished his Buddhist studies in Sri Lanka, he reported the king of Nakhon Luang about the Buddha. The king of Nakhon Luang wanted to have the Buddha. He sent a group of mission to Sri Lanka for asking the Buddha from the king of Sri Lanka. Pha Bang was sent to Khmer and established there for centuries. Later, King Fa Ngum of Lan Xang kingdom asked for the Buddha from the king of Nakhon Luang who was his father-in-law. In 1359, King Fa Ngum brought the Buddha along with Tipitaka canon and a group of twenty monks headed by Phra Maha Pasaman Thera to his king of Lan Xang (Luang Prabang).

Other notes:

The manuscript is protected by two wooden boards (Lao, mai pakap)

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ນິທານ ຂຸນບູຣົມ (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Nidān Khunburom (phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The chronicle of Khunburom (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao