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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00212

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627916

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Vinaya; 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:

27.9 x 5.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

27.9 x 5.1 cm

Text block dimension:

25.8 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

50 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains secular and Buddhist texts. The contents include the calculation for finding out the auspicious days for daily activities. The reckoning is also used for finding out a good day for going to war. The second text written in Pali is used by monks to recite at the ceremony of celebration for a new temple which is called Sīmā or Baddhasīmā, the boundary established by the Sangha for performing the formal acts. The boundary has to be surrounded by eight boundary makers which are of stones, trees, or termite hills.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ສູດຂອດສິມ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Sūt khòt sīmā]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Chanting of consecration of the assembly hall boundary]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali