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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00072

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627776

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:

Novice Buathong

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:

50.6 x 4.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

50.6 x 4.3 cm

Text block dimension:

45.0 x 3.6 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The story tells on one occasion, while staying in the Jetavanna monastery the Buddha mentioned about a devout person who offered monks a cloth for ceiling. After death, the person happens in a seven-jewelries castle with twenty-five yot height in Tavatimsa heaven.

Other notes:

This manuscript was registered by the preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme (PLMP) and bears no. 06.01.20.06.014.00

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສອງພີດານ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sòng bīdān

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Celebration of a ceiling

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali