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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00195

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518810

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Buddhist chronicle

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5.2 x 59.7 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5.2 x 59.7 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 53.8 cm

Number of pages:

30 pages

Number of blank pages:

5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions about in the Buddha’s time, the Buddha accompanied with 500 bhikkhus including Ananda Thera travelled to a hill named Doi Tao where the hair relics of the previous Buddhas had been installed. Later King Asoka built the sputa to protect the relics. In Buddhist Era 800, a bhikkhu and a devoted girl named Sutsada who had religious faith, they together made a statue of the Buddha of a crystal. This made the people misunderstood and accused them having sexual misconduct but not true. The head district of the village ordered to kill Sutsada.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຕໍານານດອນເຕົ່າ (ດອຍເຕົ່າ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Tamnān Dòn Tao

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The chronicle of Mount Dòn Tao

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao