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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00103
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627807
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Lung Nòi Müangchai
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Lung Nòi Müangchai
Copying date in native date:
CS 1322, a kot chai year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1960
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
54.7 x 5.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
54.7 x 5.1 cm
Text block dimension:
47.1 x 4.5 cm
Number of pages:
24 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The story tells that one day, Prince Sunanda Kuman dreamed and saw a big buffalo in the sky. The heavy rain fell down and his Champa city was flooded. All the mountains were disappeared by the wind. The next morning, the prince asked a Pulohit (king’s advisor) to predict his dream. When Pulohit heard that he was frightened because he sees that the prince will become the king of Champa instead of King Champa. Because King Champa will be dead within the coming seven days. Then the Pulohit reported to King Champa about the prediction of the dream. The king ordered the advisor to kill Prince Sunanda with chicanery. Then the advisor told Prince Sunanda to find a three-ivory elephant and a three-fin fish. If the prince could not be found, he would be killed. Prince Sunanda entered into the Himmavan forest to look for the three-ivory elephant and three-fin fish. In the forest, he found three girls who were Indra’s daughters in three castles.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 11 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມກ່ອນງາຍແລ້ວແກ່ຂ້າແລ. ຈຸນລະສັກກະຣາດໄດ້ 1322 ປີກົດໃຈ້ ເດືອນ 4 ແຮມ 8 ຄ່ຳ ແມ່ນວັນຈັນ ຂ້າລຸງນ້ອຍ ເມືອງໄຈ ຂຽນເມື່ອມໍ່ 25003 (2503). Folio 11 on the verso side: The writing of this manuscript was finished before breakfast. In Cunlasakkarat (CS) 1322, a kat chai year, on the eighth day of the waning moon of the fourth lunar month, Monday. Lung (uncle) Noi Mueangchai made this manuscript almost in the year of BE 2503.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ຊ້າງ 3 ງາ ປາ 3 ງ່ຽງ (ຜູກ 2)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Xāṅ 3 ngā pā 3 ngiaṅ (phuk 2)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
A three-viory-elaphant and a three-fin-fish (fascicle 2)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Lao; Pali
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