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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00087
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627791
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Sathu Nyai Onta, chief monk of Hun district
Subject matter:
Anisaṃsa (merit)
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:
51.5 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.5 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
43.0 x 4.1 cm
Number of pages:
14 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The story tells in the Buddha’s time, there was a poor man living in Kosamphi earing his life by selling grass and wood for making fire. One day he saw a millionaire who was building a Sala (a hut) and a well for the public near a road for passengers. He asked the millionaire and when he understood the meaning later he proposed the millionaire for selling his son to him. He got 500 Kahapana (old money in India) and spent a half of the money for building a sala and a well. He organized a celebration ceremony for the sala and offered it to the Buddha and the Sangha. When he died, he happened in Tavatimsa Heaven.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 6 ໜ້າ 1: ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2515 ຄິດຕະສັກກະຣາດ 1973 ເດືອນ 3 ແຮມ 4 ຄ່ຳ ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມ 2 ໂມງແລງ ເຈົ້າສັດທາ ສາທຸໃຫຍ່ອ່ອນຕາ ເຈົ້າຄະນະເມືອງ ເມືອງຮຸນ ໄດ້ສ້າງໜັງສືຜູກນີ້ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະໂຄຕະມະເຈົ້າ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ 5 ພັນວັດສາ ຂໍໃຫ້ຂ້າໄດ້ເຖິງຍັງພະນິບພານແດ່ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ສຸດທະນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງສຸກຂັງ. Folio 6 on the verso side: In the Buddhist Era (BE) 2515, AD 1973, on the fourth day of the waning moon of the third lunar month, the writing was finished in the afternoon at 2.00 o’clock. Sathu Nyai (great abbot) Onta, the Chairperson of the Buddhist Fellowship Organization of the district of Hun, had the ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May I attain Nirvāna, please! Sudinnaṃ vatta me dānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ (The alms that I have already given. Nibbāna is the greatest bliss).
Other notes:
The edges of the leaves are painted red. Some folios have traces of fractures and mould on the surfaces.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສະຫຼອງສາລາ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Salòng sālā
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Celebration of an open pavilion
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao; Pali
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