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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00289

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627993

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Khamfong

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2496, a kai sai year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1953

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

59.6 x 4.7 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59.6 x 4.7 cm

Text block dimension:

49.5 x 3.9 cm

Number of pages:

32 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

First fascicle. The Minlinda Panha (questions of Milinda) lively dialogue on Buddhist doctrine with questions and dilemmas posed by King Milinda – i.e., Menander, Greek ruler of a large Indo-Greek empire in the late 2nd century BCE – and answered by Nagasena, a senior monk. The problems discussed are common themes in the Pali canon, beginning with the nonexistence of a soul, and the doctrine is Theraveda.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 16 ໜ້າ 1: ສັງກາດໄດ້ 2496 ຕົວ ປີກ່າໃສ້ ເດືອນຍີ່ ອອກໃໝ່ 11 ຄ່ຳ ວັນ 5 ທີ່ 14 ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມວັດ ໝາຍມີຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຄຳຟົງ ພ້ອມພຽງໄດ້ສ້າງ ພະຍາມິລິນທະຣາດ ຜູກນີ້ ຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ເຖິງສຸກ 3 ປະການແດ່ທ້ອນ. ສັງສາຣະ ສະມາ ສະປະກະຣະນັງ ນິດຖິຕັງ ນິບພານະ ສັງຂາຕັງ ໂຫຕຸ ອະນາຄະເຕ ກາລ. (ຂຽນດ້ວຍມາກເກີສີແດງ) 1954. Folio 16 on the recto side: Sangkat (BE) 2496, a kat sai year, on the eleventh day of the waxing moon of the second lunar month, the fifth day of the week (Thursday), the 14th. I am Khamfong sponsoring the making of this manuscript entitled Phaya Milintharat, this fascicle. May I reach the three states of happiness. Saṅsāra samā sapakaranaṃ niddhitaṃ nibbāna saṅkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāe (May we reach Nibbana in the future). (written with a red marker) [AD] 1954.

Other notes:

This manuscript was registered by the preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme (PLMP) and bears no. 06.01.20.07.042.01

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະຍາມິລິນທະຣາດ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phrayā Milindarāja (phuk ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Questions of King Menander (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali