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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00071
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627775
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Sathu Phò Vandi from Ban Pak Xaeng village
Subject matter:
Anisaṃsa (merit)
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:
50.5 x 4.3 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
50.5 x 4.3 cm
Text block dimension:
45.5 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
28 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The story tells sòng kam phaeng (Celebration of walls). The story tells the time of Kassapa Buddha, the Bodhisatta was born in a millionaire family in Pharanasi city. Bodhisatta met a monk who was practicing his retreats in the forest; he was faithful to the monk. He made walls surrounding the area where the monk was sitting. Then he offered the walls to the monk. After death, his soul ascended to Tavatimsa heaven and stayed there happily.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 14 ໜ້າ 1: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວເວລາ 18 ໂມງ ຂອງວັນທີ່ 22 ເດືອນ 4 ແຮມ 4 ຄໍ່າ ໝາຍມີເຈົ້າສັດທາແມ່ນ ສາທຸພໍ່ວັນດີ ວັດພະທາດຫຼວງແລ ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ຂ້ານີ້ຈົ່ງພົ້ນຈາກທຸກ ໃນວັດຕະສົງສານ ມີນີລະພານເປັນທີ່ແລ້ວແລ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ ອານຸໂມທາມິ. Folio 14 on the recto side: The writing of this manuscript was finished at 18.00 o’clock of the 22nd, on the fourth day of the waning moon of the fourth lunar month. Sathuphò (monk) Vandy from Vat That Luang is the sponsor of the making of this manuscript. May I be released from suffering in the samsara (round of existences) and attain Nirvāna which is the greatest bliss. Sādhu sādhu anumodhāmi.(Amen, amen! I rejoice).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສອງກໍາແພງ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Sòng kamphaeng
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Celebration of a wall
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao; Pali
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