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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00033
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627737
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Secular Chronicle
Copyist:
Anonymous
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
54.8 x 4.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
54.8 x 4.6 cm
Text block dimension:
46.5 x 3.7 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Once upon a time, Upparadevi had sexual desire. She travelled to look for a husband. Firstly, she had six husbands, and one son named Thao Athit (Sun). Later she left the six husbands and looked for other men. Then she had five husbands, and one daughter named Nang Chan (Monday). She divorced from the five husbands and looked for other men. Later she had eight husbands, and one son named Thao Angkhan (Tuesday). Thereafter she divorced from the eight husbands and looked for other men. Then she had seventeen husbands, and one son named Thao Phut (Wednesday). She divorced from the seventeen husband and looked for other men. Later she had nineteen husbands, and one son named Thao Phahat (Thursday). Thereafter she divorced from the nineteen husbands and looked for other men. Finally, she had twenty-one husbands, and one son named Thao Suk (Friday).
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 12 ໜ້າ 2: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງງາຍ ວັນ 1 ເດືອນ 12 ລົງ 4 ຄໍ່າ ມື້ຮ້ວງເໝົ້າແລ Folio 12 on the verso side: The writing of this manuscript was finished in the morning (between 7.30-9.00 o’clock), the first day of the week (Sunday), on the fourth day of the waning moon of the twelfth lunar month, a huang mao day.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ນິທານພະອາທິດ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Nidāna Phra Ādita
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The story of the sun
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao; Pali
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