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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00048

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627752

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Nan Bun

Subject matter:

Buddhist Chronicle

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2543

Copying date in Gregorian:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

50.2 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

50.2 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

45.4 x 4.1 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

While the Buddha was dwelling at the Jetavanna monastery, Ananda Thera together with other monks questioned the Buddha. Why are the people in the world so different; some people are long-lived; some people are middle-lived; some people are short-lived? The Buddha delivered this sermon. The people are different because of the results of their previous actions such as doing merit with giving alms, observing precepts and meditation. Some people collected merit much more than sin. Some people sin much more than merit. Then the Buddha compared the age of each Buddha in the past until the future Buddha named Si Ariya Metteyya.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 9 ໜ້າ 2: ລິກຂິດຕະໃນເດືອນ 4 ແລມ 2 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ມື້ກ່າເຮົ້າ ປີ 2543 ຈໍສໍ 2000 (ຄສ 2000) ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໜານມຸນ ບ້ານຖິ່ນ ຂໍເອົາສຸກ 3 ປະການມີນິບພານເຈົ້າເປັນທີ່ແລ້ວກໍ່ຂ້າແລ. Folio 9 on the verso side: The writing of this manuscript was finished on the second day of the waning moon of the fourth lunar month, Monday, a ka hao day, BE 2543, AD 2000. I am Nan Mun (ex-monk Mun) from Ban Thin village, I wish to reach the three states of happiness which is Nirvāna is the greatest bliss.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ທໍາມະເມດໄຕໂຍ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dhamma Metteyyo

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Dhamma of Metteyyo

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali