Sathu Phò Fong from Vat That Luang; his children including Thao Sisuphan and Nang Thongchan
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Pha Bunsom Banthasit from Vat That Luang
Copying date in native date:
BE 2515, a tao chai year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1972
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
49.7 x 4.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
49.7 x 4.1 cm
Text block dimension:
44.9 x 3.9 cm
Number of pages:
38 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
After giving a sermon to Indra and Devas on Tavatimsa heaven, Matali Devaputta brought King Nemirat to the human world. The king told about his experiences of visiting hells and heavens to his people. He taught them to make much merit with giving alms, observing precepts and meditating, if they want to go to heavens after they die. When the king’s hair became gray, he ordained himself as an ascetic and lived in the forest for practicing meditation and developing wisdom until the end of his life.