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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00161

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627865

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Astrology

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:

26.9 x 3.9 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

26.9 x 3.9 cm

Text block dimension:

22.3 x 3.2 cm

Number of pages:

62 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells about the belief in “kalakini (misfortune)” which includes misery, ill-luck, adversity, mischance, and unfortunate. Actually, Kala means time, period, occasion, and season. Kini means worse, evil, wicked, vicious, unfortunate. Kalakini happens every day. When something wrong happens such as illness, property lost, they will see this book to predict the cause of the problem. This book also tells about the name of a person whose alphabet is auspicious or inauspicious for setting as the first letter of the name.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສິດທິການຈັກກ່າວກາຣະກິນີ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Siddhikāla cakkāo kālakinī

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Right of time to tell misfortune

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali